mwene

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moɛ̀nɛ́/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũene, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[1]

Noun

mwene class 1 (plural eene)

owner

Derived terms

(Proper nouns)

Mwene-nyaga (alternative name for Ngai; literally means “owner of brightness”)[2]

(Proverbs)

kanyĩrĩ kainagio nĩ mwene
kĩongo kĩenjagwo mwene oiga
kĩongo kĩenjithagio nĩ mwene
kĩronda kĩa mwene gĩtimũiragia ngoro
kĩronda kĩa mwene gĩtinungaga
ngumo ndĩigana mwene
nyenje ĩ(r)ĩ gũtũ ĩhũ(ũ)gagia mwene
nyũmba ĩkĩhĩa mwene nĩotaga
ya mwene ndĩrĩ njereri

Related terms

(Adjectives)

-ene

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.
ben-Jochannan, Yosef A. A. (1991). Africa Origins of the Major "Western Religions", p. 42. Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press. →ISBN

“mwene” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 88. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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