mũgendi

• IPA^(key): /mòɣɛ̀ⁿdìꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.^[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

mũgendi class 1 (plural agendi)

1. traveller

   Synonym: mũthii

(Proverbs)

• njĩra ndĩraga mũgendi hurũka
• riũa rĩtietagĩrĩra mũgendi

(Nouns)

• rũgendo class 11
• ng'enda class 9/10

• mũgeni

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