maguta

== Kikuyu == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *màkútà. Hinde (1904) records maguta as an equivalent of English oil in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba maota and Swahili mafuta as its equivalents === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /màɣùtáꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on. (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1885) classifies this term into a group including rũrĩmĩ, mũrume, mbũri, itimũ, ikara, mũthia, mũiko, riũa, ndinoho, mbembe, kĩhaato, kĩheeo, ũhoro (pl. mohoro), rĩĩhia, rĩũmba, and so on. === Noun === maguta class 6 oil, fat maguta ma mbarĩki ― castor oil ==== Derived terms ==== (Proverbs) mũici ũrĩ hunyũ arindagĩra ũrĩ maguta mũthekani huunyũ nĩ mũhakani maguta mwagi maguta oigaga (atĩ) hunyũ nĩ ũmwe na arũme ==== See also ==== ngurunyu, ithunya === References === “maguta” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.