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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
Noun
mũcũgi class 3 (plural mĩcũgi)
- white pear (Apodytes dimidiata); produces hard timber.[2]
Synonyms
References
- ^ Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
- ^ “mũcũgi1” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 78. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1322. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN