mũrimũ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòɾìmóꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]

Noun

mũrimũ class 3 (plural mĩrimũ)

disease, illness, sickness;[3] traditionally referring to ones that were thought to be caused by supernatural beings.[4]

Hyponyms

(epidemic) mũngai,[4] mũtũng'ũ,[4] mũthandũkũ,[4] mũthũũkũ/gĩthũũkũ;[4] (endemic) mũcarĩ,[4] mũthiori[4]

Derived terms

(Phrases)

mũrimũ wa cukari
mũrimũ wa ihiga

(Proverbs)

gĩthũmba gĩtirĩ mũrimũ wa ngoro
mũhenia ago oigaga mũrimũ nĩwathira
mũrimũ ndũrĩ hinya ũgĩtonya mwĩrĩ ta ũkiuma
mũrimũ wa mũcoka nĩguo ũragaga mũndũ

References

Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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.
“mũrimũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 387. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 888–905. →ISBN

Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 95, 234.

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[lea1940-1] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-2] 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] “mũrimũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 387. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[lsbl-4] Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. II, pp. 888–905. →ISBN