ũũgĩ

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

ũgĩ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /òòɣé/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[1]

Noun

ũũgĩ class 14 (plural maũũgĩ)

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

tiga gũkungia ũgĩ ũgĩ-inĩ
ũgĩ ndũtongoragia ta ũrimũ
ũũgĩ nĩ ũrĩanaga
ũũgĩ ndwambaga
ũũgĩ ũũgĩgũ
ũũgĩ wa arũme ũtemanaga ta hiũ
ũũgĩ wa mũndũ ũmwe ndũrĩmaga

Related terms

(Adjectives)

-ũgĩ

References

“ũũgĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 549. 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.

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