mbica

Kikuyu

Etymology

Swahili picha < English picture^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵐbìɕá/

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, 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, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[2]

Noun

mbica class 9/10 (plural mbica)

1. picture
2. photograph

References

1. “mbica” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 272. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. 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.

Anagrams

• cimba