Mumbi
Kikuyu for one who shapes or moulds, the name of the first woman in Kikuyu founding tradition.
Meaning and origin
Mumbi carries the sense of shaping or forming something by hand, and in Kikuyu founding tradition she is remembered as the first woman, paired with Gikuyu as the first man, from whom the Kikuyu people trace their…
How to pronounce Mumbi
| English (US) | MOOM-bee /ˈmuːmbi/ |
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