mũtatĩ

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Kikuyu

mũtatĩ (Polyscias fulva)

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Pronunciation

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

mũtatĩ class 3 (plural mĩtatĩ)

  1. parasol tree
    1. Polyscias kikuyuensis;[1][3][4] produces soft timber, used traditionally for making beehive and mole-trap.[3][4]
    2. Polyscias fulva[2]

(Nouns)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 354. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 20 August 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “mũtatĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 434. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1303. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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