mũtino

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòtìnɔ́ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

mũtino class 3 (plural mĩtino)

  1. misfortune, bad luck, calamity[1]
    Antonym: mũnyaka

See also
  • ndirũ

References
  1. “mũtino” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 449. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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