mũkanda

• IPA^(key): /mòkàⁿdá/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc.^[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on. 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, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[2]

mũkanda class 3 (plural mĩkanda)

1. rope

   Synonym: mũhĩndo

• rũrigi

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