mwanga

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili wanga (“starch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moàᵑɡà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũanga, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

mwanga class 3 (plural mĩanga)

1. cassava, manioc

   Synonym: mũgwacĩ

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

mwanga (m-mi class, plural mianga)

1. light (source of illumination)

   Synonym: nuru

   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], stanza 9:

     كِطَّمْسِكِزَ گَوُجُهَّالِ ، نُرُ نَمِيَاغَ اِتَظَلَالِ

     Kiṭamsi-kiza cha-ujuhali, nuru na-mianga itaẓalali

     Brightness and lights will overcome the shadow and darkness of ignorance