mũtũma
Kikuyu
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòtóːmǎꜜ/
- The first ũ of the stem is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòtòːmà(ꜜ)/
References
- “mũtũma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 478. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- 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.
- Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1332. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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