mũrũgũ

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Kikuyu

mũrũgũ (Euplectes jacksoni)

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

Noun

mũrũgũ class 3 (plural mĩrũgũ)

  1. species of long-tailed widowbird, including Jackson's widowbird (Euplectes jacksoni)[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 465. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  • “mũrũgũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 417. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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