mũrogi

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dògì.

• 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]

mũrogi class 1 (plural arogi)

1. one who harms others by practising witchcraft or black magic; wizard, sorcerer

(Proverbs)

• ndũire nyiki ta mũrogi

(Verbs)

• kũroga

(Nouns)

• ũrogi class 14

• mũndũ mũgo

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

• mũgiro, mũrigo