mũthamaki

Etymology
From.

This term dates back to the late 19th century at least, where von Höhnel (1894) referred to the term as Samaki, which was later translated into English as.

Hinde (1904) records muthamakki and muthamaki as equivalents of English and chief respectively in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

Pronunciation



 * Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including, (pl. ), , , , , ,  (pl.), , , , , and so on.

Noun

 * 1) an individual with influence, who played the role of spokesman and  in Kikuyu society before the colonial period, strictly controlled by his peers (Muriuki 1974:132)
 * 2) ruler; king or queen

Derived terms