mũrogi
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɾɔ̀ɣìꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[1]
Noun
mũrogi class 1 (plural arogi)
- one who harms others by practising witchcraft or black magic; wizard, sorcerer
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- ndũire nyiki ta mũrogi
Related terms
(Verbs)
(Nouns)
- ũrogi class 14
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- “mũrogi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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