mũraraciĩ

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Kikuyu

mũraraciĩ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Hutchins (1909) records m'Lalàchi as a local name for Chestnut (wild).[2]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5.

Noun

mũraraciĩ class 3 (plural mĩraraciĩ)

  1. Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)

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References

  1. ^ Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. ^ Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 12. London: Darling & Son.
  • “mũraraciĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 371. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1340. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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