mũcũthi

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See also: mũcuthĩ and mũcũthĩ

Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mò(t)ɕòðì(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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mũcũthi class 3 (plural mĩcũthi)

  1. gravy, broth[3]
  2. Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla[3][4]);[1] according to Leakey (1977), it was used for making tonic soup.
    Synonym: kari

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. ^ 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 cũthi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 83. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1316. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN