mũthũ
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Kikuyu
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a monosyllabic stem.
- (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcibi, cibũ, gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), njata, mũthee, ihũa (pl. mahũa), gĩcanũri, ithanwa, kang'aurũ, mwatũka, ndarathini (“kind of fruit”), Gĩgĩkũyũ, and so on.[2][3]
Noun
[edit]mũthũ class 3 (plural mĩthũ)
- fruit-eating mousebird,[4] especially speckled mousebird (Colius striatus)[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lamond, Geneviene (2007). Local knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services in smallholder coffee farms in Central Province, Kenya. University of Wales, Bangor.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
- ^ “mũthũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 533. Oxford: Clarendon Press.