muuma

See also: müüma and müümä

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

muma

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muùmǎ/

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, 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

muuma class 3 (plural miuma)

oath taken with proper ritual before a tribunal of elders in daytime and in public^[2]

Derived terms

(Idioms)

kũnyua muuma
kũrĩo nĩ muuma

(Proverbs)

kanua kene gatinyuaga muma

Related terms

(Verbs)

kuuma

See also

mwĩhĩtwa; kũringa thenge

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.
^ “muuma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 542. Oxford: Clarendon Press.