uungumania

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Kikuyu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kuunguma (“to circumvent”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩambĩrĩria, carahani, and so on.

Noun[edit]

uungumania class 14 (plural mauungumania)

  1. machination, underhand tactics[1]
  2. treachery[1]
  3. robbery by guile[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “uungumania” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 546. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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