mbakĩ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵐbàkě/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.^[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[2]

Noun

mbakĩ class 9/10 (plural mbakĩ)

tobacco^[1]^[3]
snuff^[1]^[3]
Mũmeni ũngĩ amũrutaga mbakĩ iniũrũ. - One who loathes the other takes away snuff from his nose.
tobacco-plant^[3]
Synonym: mũbakĩ
dried leaves of tobacco-plant^[3]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

mũmenwo arutagwo mbakĩ iniũrũ

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
^ 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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 “mũbakĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 23. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[lea1940-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-2] 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.

[tgb-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 “mũbakĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 23. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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