mũkururo

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• mũkurura

Etymology

From a verb gũkurura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòkùɾùɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/

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, 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.

Noun

mũkururo class 3 (plural mĩkururo) (diminutive kamũkururo)

1. line

   Synonyms: mũhari, raini, mũthitarĩ

2. scratch, score

Related terms

(Nouns)

• gakurura class 12