mũndũ

Kikuyu

Etymology

Compare Rwanda-Rundi umuntu, Lingala moto etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòⁿdòꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.

Noun

mũndũ class 1 (plural andũ)[4]

  1. human being, man
  2. person

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • kamũndũ
  • kĩmũndũ

(Phrases)

  • mũndũ mũrũme - a male
  • mũndũ mũgo - medicine man
  • mũndũ wa nja - woman

(Proverbs)

  • andũ matarĩ ndundu mahũragwo na njũgũma ĩmwe
  • andũ matiũĩ ngũ, mooĩ ithendũ
  • gathutha konagia mũndũ njĩra
  • gũthiĩ gũtigiragia mũndũ acoke
  • gũthiĩ kuonagia mũndũ njĩra
  • kuona kuonagia mũndũ njĩra
  • maaĩ ma mũndũ matimũhĩtũkaga
  • mũmeni mũndũ ti we Ngai
  • mũndũ mũka ndoragagwo
  • mũndũ ũrĩ na ũndũ otaga mwaki na riũa
  • mũndũ ũtarĩ mbũri ndendaga nyama
  • mũndũ ũtathiiaga athĩĩnjaga mwatĩ
  • mũrimũ wa mũcoka nĩguo ũragaga mũndũ
  • ng'aragu ya mũndũ ũngĩ ndĩgiria mũndũ ũngĩ akome
  • ũthayo na ng'aragu nĩ mũndũ na mũrũ wa nyina
  • ũũgĩ wa mũndũ ũmwe ndũrĩmaga

(Nouns)

  • handũ class 16/kũndũ class 15b
  • kĩndũ class 7
  • ũndũ class 14

References
  1. Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  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.
  4. “mũndũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 300. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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