mbugi

Kikuyu

Etymology

Derived from kuuga (to say).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᵐbùɣíꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mbugi class 9/10 (plural mbugi)

  1. bell (especially attached to goats or cattle)[1]

See also

References

  1. “mbugi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 274. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75123.
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