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Mũndũ – Person
Mũtumia – married woman
Mũirĩtu – initiated girl
Mũanake – Unmarried initiated man
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Mũrimũ - spirit-borne disease
Mũkũyũ - a kind of big tree
Mũtamaiyũ - wild Olive
mũrũthi - lion
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Njangiri - an outcast
Ngĩa - pauper
Ngombo - serf or slave
Njamba - boaster
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Kĩrĩgũ - big uninitiated girl (derisive)
Kĩhĩĩ - big uninitiated boy (derisive)
Kĩhembe - drum
Gĩtonga - a miser (derisive)
Gikuyu's syllabic structure: MUST end with vowel
(C: consonant V: vowel) CV or VCV
English's CVC structure → Impossible in Gikuyu
Example: Ngui(dog)→CV Uga(say)→VCV
'ng' is considered as one consonant
They classify word class with relation to spirit possession
2 tones exist
(1) low-high rising tone
(2) downstep
Good morning We mũega rũciinĩ
Good afternoon We mũega umũthĩ
Good evening We mũega hwaĩinĩ
All right Nĩwega
What is your name? Wĩtagwo atĩa Mwĩtagwo atĩa
My name is XX Njĩtagwo Mwangi Twĩtagwo XX
I am happy to know you Nĩndakena nĩ gũkũmenya
Where do your parents live? Aciari aku maikaraga kũ
My parents live in Nairobi Aciari akwa maikaraga nairobi
Thank you very much Nĩwega mũno
Thanks Nĩ ngatho.
îmwe one
igîrî two
ithatû three
inya four
ithano five
ithathatû six
mûgwanja seven
inyanya eight
kenda nine
ikûmi ten
http://www.zompist.com/benu.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gikuyu_language
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Kikuyu-Language