mũkĩra

Kikuyu

Etymology

From gũkĩra (“to pass”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòkéɾáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) IPA^(key): /mòkéɾǎꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including buubu, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwera,nyanya (“tomato”), thani, thimbũ, and so on.^[2]

Noun

mũkĩra class 3 (plural mĩkĩra)

side^[1]
mũkĩra wa njĩra
roadside
(literally, “a side of road(s)^[1]”)

njĩra cia mĩkĩra
bypaths
(literally, “roads of sides^[1]”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 “mũkĩra” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 225. Oxford: Clarendon 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.

[tgb-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 “mũkĩra” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 225. Oxford: Clarendon 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.

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Kikuyu

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