rũathe

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Kikuyu

rũathe (Psydrax livida)
rũathe (Psydrax livida)

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Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun

rũathe class 11 (plural njathe)

  1. Psydrax parviflora,[1] especially subsp. rubrocostata (syn. Canthium rubrocostatum[2]), tree of the madder family (Rubiaceae); yields timber.[1]
  2. Psydrax schimperiana subsp. schimperiana; yields hard wood and is used for building.[1]
  3. false turkey-berry, mottled-bark canthium (Psydrax livida); yields very hard wood.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas‎, Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN
  2. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1339. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  • “rũathe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 19. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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