mbaara

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵐbáːɾǎꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ðiimbo class which includes thimbũ, thani, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwatũka, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including buubu, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwera,nyanya (“tomato”), thani, thimbũ, and so on.[2]

Noun

mbaara class 9/10

battle,[1] fighting, war, strife[3]
Synonyms: haaro, ita, ngucanio

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

mbaara ti ũcũrũ
mbaara ya aka ndĩrĩ horohio
mbaara ya aka ndĩrĩ ng'ondu

References

Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
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.
Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 233, 258.

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

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[lea1940-1] Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-2] 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.

[3] Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 233, 258.