mũembe

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Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili embe.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moɛ́ᵐbɛ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

Noun

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mũembe class 3 (plural mĩembe)

  1. mango-tree[2] (Mangifera indica)

Meronyms

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References

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  1. ^ Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 294. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 28 November 2019 via http://old.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “mũembe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 88. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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