mũhethu

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Kikuyu

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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

mũhethu class 3 (plural mĩhethu)

  1. charcoal tree, gunpowder tree (Trema orientalis,[1] syn. T. guineensis[3])

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 426. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 21 April 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
  2. ^ Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 11.
  3. ^ “mũhethu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 148. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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