mwene
Kikuyu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
[edit]mwene class 1 (plural eene)
Derived terms
[edit](Proper nouns)
- Mwene-nyaga (alternative name for Ngai; literally means “owner of brightness”)[2]
(Proverbs)
- kanyĩrĩ kainagio nĩ mwene
- kĩongo kĩenjagwo mwene oiga
- kĩongo kĩenjithagio nĩ mwene
- kĩronda kĩa mwene gĩtimũiragia ngoro
- kĩronda kĩa mwene gĩtinungaga
- ngumo ndĩigana mwene
- nyenje ĩ(r)ĩ gũtũ ĩhũ(ũ)gagia mwene
- nyũmba ĩkĩhĩa mwene nĩotaga
- ya mwene ndĩrĩ njereri
Related terms
[edit](Adjectives)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ ben-Jochannan, Yosef A. A. (1991). Africa Origins of the Major "Western Religions", p. 42. Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press. →ISBN
- “mwene” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 88. Oxford: Clarendon Press.