mũthanga

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mò.ðá.ᵑɡà(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

Noun

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mũthanga class 3 (plural mĩthanga)

  1. sand, grit[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
  3. ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 234, 246.
  • thanga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.