mũgoma

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.^[1]

(Ndia) IPA^(key): /mòɣɔ́mǎ/

The same underlying pattern as that of rũbutu and gĩtara.^[2]

(Nyeri) IPA^(key): /mòɣɔ́mǎ/

The same underlying pattern as that of mũgathĩ.^[2]

Noun

mũgoma class 3 (plural mĩgoma)

female (of animal, but except for sheep)^[3]

Antonyms

njamba^[3]

See also

mwatĩ; mũka, mũtumia

References

^ 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.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 100, 233.

“mũgoma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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