From a verbgũciarithia.

Hinde (1904) recordshusiarishia andmwitcharithia as equivalents of Englishmidwife in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing alsoSwahilimzalisha as their equivalent.^[1]

• IPA^(key):/mòɕiàɾíðiá/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together withkĩhengere,kĩariũngũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru)IPA^(key):/mòɕiàɾìðiá/

As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group includinghiti,icembe,igoko (pl.magoko),ihĩtia (pl.mahĩtia),itumbĩ (pl.matumbĩ),kĩeha,kĩng'ang'i,mũhikania,mũhũmũ,mũkanda,mbica,nduka,ngingo,ngũkũ,rũthanju,tombo, and so on.^[2]

mũciarithia class1 (pluralaciarithia)

1. midwife

• “mũciarithia” in Benson, T.G. (1964).Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 56. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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