mũcemanio

Kikuyu

Alternative forms
  • mũcamanio

Etymology

Derived from gũcemania (“to meet, to join up with”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòɕɛ̀màniɔ́/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũrĩmĩre, and so on.
  • (Kiambu) IPA(key): /mòɕɛ̀mániɔ̀(ꜜ)/
Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, mũthamaki, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, mũthanga, rĩithori (pl. maithori), kĩgokora, kĩroruha, ndagitari, and so on.[2][3]

Noun

mũcemanio class 3 (plural mĩcemanio)

  1. meeting, assembly[1]
    Synonyms: kĩgomano, kĩũngano

References
  1. “mũcemanio” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 52. 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, 75–123.
  3. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
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