mũcingũ

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòɕìᵑɡó/, /mòɕìᵑɡǒ/
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on. And also into “Class 2” with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, etc.

Noun

mũcingũ class 3 (plural mĩcingũ)

  1. savoury smell,[1] especially fragrance of roasting meat[2]
    Mĩcingũ ĩĩrĩ yuunaga hiti kũgũrũ.[1][3] - Two savoury smells cripple a hyena.

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • werũ wa arũme ndwagaga mũcingũ

See also

References
  1. Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  2. Wanjohi, G. J. (2001). Under One Roof: Gĩkũyũ Proverbs Consolidated, p. 151. Paulines Publications Africa.
  3. Kiruhi, Macharia (2006). Lessons in Kikuyu oral literature: Figures of Speech in Contemporary Use, p. 58. Cortraph.
  • “mũcingũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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