Mũthũngũ

Kikuyu Alternative forms ki mũthũngũ Etymology Borrowed from ki sw mzungu.Iribemwangi, P. I (2016). "Kikuyu phonology and orthography: Any hope for continuity of indigenous languages?", p. 246. In G. N. Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis and K. K. Chakravarty (eds.) The Language Loss of the Indigenous. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 239–253. 978-1-138-12082-2 Pronunciation ki /mòðóᵑɡò(ꜜ)/ Armstrong (1940) claims that the terms ki mũceere, ki mũirĩtu, ki mbarathi, ki ndũrũme, ki mũthanga, ki Mũthũngũ (represented as moðooŋgo), etc. have the same pattern in isolation. - 2-9Mũthũngũ Kiambu Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including ki gĩcũhĩ, ki mũgogo (pl. ki mĩgogo), ki mũberethi, ki mũthamaki, ki thabina, ki njogoo, ki mũthanga, ki rĩithori (pl. ki maithori), ki mũcemanio, ki kĩgokora, ki kĩroruha, ki ndagitari, and so on.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.Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231. Noun 1 Athũngũ white, European, Caucasian Related terms ki Gĩthũngũ c7 References Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 234.