wĩ mwega

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /we(e) moɛɣa/

Phrase

wĩ mwega?

  1. how are you? (lit. are you good?)

Usage notes

To this, one of the possible responses is ĩĩ ndĩ mwega (“yes, I am fine”).

References

  • Bennett, Patrick R. and Ann Biersteker and Waithira Gikonyo and Susan Hershberg and Joel Kamande and Carolyn Perez and Martha Swearingen (1985). Gĩkũyũ nĩ Kĩoigire: Aria-i na Aagĩkũyũ, p. 261. African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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