mũhu

See also: muhu, Muhu, mǔhǔ, and mʉhʉ

Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hinde (1904) records muhu as an equivalent of English ashes in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mūū and Swahili ivu (pl. maivu) as its equivalents.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /mòhǔꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.^[2]

Noun[edit]

mũhu class 3 (plural mĩhu)

ash (es) (of wood)^[3]

References[edit]

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 4–5. Cambridge: Cambridge University 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.
^ “mũhu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 166. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 4–5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[yy1981-2] 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.

[3] “mũhu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 166. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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