Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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

  • (Kiambu)
  • (Murang'a) IPA(key): /móɣáðì/
The same underlying pattern as that of mũceere.[3]
  • (Nyeri) IPA(key): /mòɣáðě/
The same underlying pattern as that of mũgoma.[3]

Noun

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mũgathĩ class 3 (plural mĩgathĩ)

  1. necklace
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 1–20.
  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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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.
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