mwaka

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà.

• IPA^(key): /moàkáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.^[1]

mwaka class 3 (plural mĩaka)

1. year

• mũthenya < kiumia < mweri < mwaka

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

mwaka

1. year

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà.

mwaka class 3 (plural myaka)

1. year

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà.

mwaká class 3 (plural mwaká class 4)

1. (Manyika, Zezuru) season

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà. Cognate to Luganda omwaka.

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mwaka (m-mi class, plural miaka)

1. year

• mwakani