mũrĩithi

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kũrĩithia (“to graze, to pasture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mò.ɾeì.ðíꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

mũrĩithi class 1 (plural arĩithi)

1. shepherd

References

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