mũbira
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Kikuyu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- This i is pronounced long.[2]
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thimbũ, thani, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mwatũka, etc.[3] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun[edit]
mũbira class 3 (plural mĩbira)
- ball
- rubber
- bicycle
- Synonyms: baithikiri, mũithikiri
References[edit]
- ^ Ford, K. C. (1975). "The Tones of Nouns in Kikuyu", p. 61. In Studies in African Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 49–64.
- ^ “mũbira” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 29. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.