mũthũũri
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See also: mũthuuri
Kikuyu
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records muthuuri as an equivalent of English cactus in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[2]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
Noun
mũthũũri class 3 (plural mĩthũũri)
- candelabra tree (Euphorbia ingens); its latex may cause temporary blindness if applied to the eyes.[3]
- Synonyms: mũbũbũngi, mũbũng'ũngi, gĩthũũri
Usage notes
Despite application of Euphorbia candelabrum to this term by many authors, this should be nevertheless read as E. ingens; see gĩthũũri.
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- gathũũri class 12
See also
References
- ^ Neuwinger, Hans Dieter (1996). African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, p. 477. Weinheim: Chapman & Hall.
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 10–11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ “gĩthũũri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 539. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977) The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, volume 3, London and New York: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 1319