mũtomoko

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Kikuyu

mũtomoko

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili mtomoko (“custard apple”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòtɔ̀ːmɔ́kɔ̀(ꜜ)/
The first o is pronounced long.
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun

mũtomoko class 3 (plural mĩtomoko)

  1. cherimoya tree (Annona cherimola)

Hyponyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “mũtomoko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 457–8. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 5. TANG 6(3).
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