mũici

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kũiya (“to steal”).^[1]

Hinde (1904) records mwichi as an equivalent of English thief in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili mwivi (pl. wevi) as its equivalent.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòìɕíꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.^[3]

Noun

mũici class 1 (plural aici)

thief

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

References

^ “mũici” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 181. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 58–59. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
^ 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.

[1] “mũici” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 181. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[hh1904-2] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 58–59. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[yy1981-3] 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.

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