muonjoria

Kikuyu

Alternative forms
  • mwonjoria

Etymology

Derived from kuonjoria (to trade).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muɔ̀ᶮd͡ʑɔ̀ɾiá/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũrĩmĩre, and so on.

Noun

muonjoria class 1 (plural onjoria)

  1. trader, businessman[1]

(Nouns)

References
  1. “muonjoria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 361. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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