mũkongoro

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a trisyllabic stem.

Noun

mũkongoro class 3 (plural mĩkongoro)

  1. Kilimanjaro mahogany, brown mahogany (Lovoa swynnertonii);[2] produces timber of good quality[1]
  2. mortar for making sugar-cane beer;[2][3] according to Leakey (1977), it was made of red stinkwood (mũiri).[3]
    Synonym: mũgogo wa ndĩrĩ[3]

See also

(mortar for making sugar-cane beer):

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “mũkongoro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 229. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, pp. 327–8. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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