mũrera-kĩĩmbu

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Kikuyu

mũrera-kĩĩmbu

Alternative forms

Etymology

mũ- (“”) + kũrera (“to rear”) + kĩĩmbu (“chameleon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòɾɛ̀ɾà(ꜜ) keèᵐbú/
The first element: As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
The second element: 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

mũrera-kĩĩmbu class 3 (plural mĩrera-kĩĩmbu)

  1. Canthium oligocarpum subsp. friesiorum (syn. Rytigynia friesiorum), shrub or tree species of the family Rubiaceae
    Synonym: mũbirũbirũ

See also

References

  1. ^ Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas‎, Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN
  • “mũrera-kĩĩmbu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 379. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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