mũtarakwa

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Kikuyu

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mũtarakwa (Juniperus procera)
mũtarakwa (Hesperocyparis lusitanica)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Benson (1964) suspects that this term is related to Maasai ol-tarakwai (Juniperus procera). Compare also Kalenjin (Markweeta tarakwet and tarokwa, Nandi tarakwet and turkwet, Pökoot tarokwa, Sabaot torokio, Tugen tarokwa).[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩng'aurũ, mbahaca, mwarimũ, and so on.

Noun

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mũtarakwa class 3 (plural mĩtarakwa)

  1. African pencil cedar, East African cedar (Juniperus procera)[2][3]
  2. Mexican white cedar, Mexican cedar (Hesperocyparis lusitanica, syn. Cupressus lusitanica[4])
    Synonym: mũthithinda

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 270. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 28 April 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
  2. ^ tarakwa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 432. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1300. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  4. ^ Maundu & Tengnäs, op. cit., p. 184.