mwathani
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Kikuyu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, As mũathani, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[1]
Noun[edit]
mwathani class 1 (plural aathani)
Usage notes[edit]
- (Lord): In the Bible, this term is found almost always with capitalization, i.e. Mwathani.
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References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “mwathani” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 19. Oxford: Clarendon Press.