mwere

Dumbea

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moerɛ/

Noun

mwere

night

References

Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Kikuyu

mwere (#1, 3)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moɛ̀ɾɛ̌/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru)

As for Tonal Class, as mũere, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[1]

Noun

mwere class 3 (plural mĩere)

pearl millet, bulrush millet^[2] (Pennisetum glaucum)^[3]
finger millet^[2]
field of bulrush millet or finger millet
Gũtirĩ nyoni njega mwere-inĩ. - There is no good bird in the bulrush millet field.

Derived terms

(Nouns)

mbura ya mwere

(Proverbs)

mwere mwega ũmenyagwo na ngetho

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.
1 2 “mwere” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 93–94. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
↑ Pennisetum glaucum. TICAH. (retrieved 5 April 2018)

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[yy1981-1] 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.

[tgb1964-2] 1 2 “mwere” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 93–94. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[3] Pennisetum glaucum. TICAH. (retrieved 5 April 2018)