mũgagaca

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòɣàɣáɕá/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.[1]

Noun

mũgagaca class 3 (plural mĩgagaca)

small red scavenger ant[2]

See also

thambo, thigiriri, thuraku, mũthũa

References

Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
“mũgagaca” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 99. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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