mũting'oe

Kikuyu

Etymology

Benson (1964) suspects affinity with Maasai ol-kidong'oi (“tail”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mò.tìː.ŋɔ̀.ɛ́ꜜ/

This i is pronounced long.[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũtiing'oe, 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

mũting'oe class 3 (plural mĩting'oe)

tail
Synonym: gĩcuthĩ

Related terms

(Nouns)

gĩtong'oe class 7 / gĩting'oe class 7

References

“mũtong'oe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 460. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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.

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