mũthia

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòðì(j)áꜜ/
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) IPA(key): /mòðìáꜜ/
Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including rũrĩmĩ, maguta, mũrume, mbũri, itimũ, ikara, mũiko, riũa, ndinoho, mbembe, kĩhaato, kĩheeo, ũhoro (pl. mohoro), rĩĩhia, rĩũmba, and so on.[1][2]

Noun

mũthia class 3 (plural mĩthia)

  1. tip, point, end

(Nouns)

  • gĩthia class 7

References
  1. 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.
  2. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
  • “mũthia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 506. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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