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Kikuyu
Etymology
Literal meaning is “black tree”.
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a monosyllabic stem.
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
Noun
mũtĩ-mũirũ class 3 (plural mĩtĩ-mũirũ)
- Galiniera saxifraga (syn. G. coffeoides[1][3]);[2] shrub or tree of the family Rubiaceae
- Synonyms: mũgicũ, mũhige, mũhuha, mukondwe ([1]), mukomakoma ([2]), muthigitha ([2])
- shrub or tree species of the genus Turraea (Meliaceae)
- Turraea holstii[1][2]
- Synonym: mũrundu
- Turraea abyssinica[3]
- Synonym: mũrundu
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dale, Ivan R., Greenway, P. J. (1961) Kenya Trees and Shrubs, Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Estates and Hatchards, pages 274, 439
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas, Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “mũtĩ-mũirũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 454. Oxford: Clarendon Press.