mũnyĩrĩ
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Kikuyu
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Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.
Noun
mũnyĩrĩ class 3 (plural mĩnyĩrĩ)
- pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura)[1]
- Synonym: mũka wa mũnyĩrĩ[2]
- paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone spp.);[2] in Kenya, where Kikuyu people live, at least two species are found: red-bellied paradise flycatcher (T. rufiventer)[3] and African paradise flycatcher (T. viridis).[4]
Related terms
(Nouns)
- kanyĩrĩ class 12
See also
- (whydah or widowbird): mũrũgũ
References
- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 466. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “mũnyĩrĩ2” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 347. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ BirdLife International. (2017). Terpsiphone rufiventer (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22731073A118765669. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22731073A118765669.en. Downloaded on 04 August 2018.
- ^ BirdLife International. (2016). Terpsiphone viridis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22707108A94107090. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707108A94107090.en. Downloaded on 04 August 2018.