mwaka

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

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

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

mwaka

1. year

mwaka class II

1. base state of omwaka

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

mwaka class 3 (plural myaka)

1. year

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

mwaká class 3 (plural mwaká class 4)

1. (Manyika, Zezuru) season

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-. Cognate to Luganda omwaka.

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mwaka class III (plural miaka class IV)

1. year

• mwakani

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ják-.

mwaka

1. long ago

mwaka class 3 (plural myaka class 4)

1. year

• William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 1, 226, 279