mũkĩra

Kikuyu

Etymology

From gũkĩra (“to pass”).

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.

Noun

mũkĩra class 3 (plural mĩkĩra)

1. side

   mũkĩra wa njĩra

   roadside

   (literally, “a side of road(s)”)

   njĩra cia mĩkĩra

   bypaths

   (literally, “roads of sides”)

See also

• mwena