mũgĩmbĩ

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Kikuyu

mũgĩmbĩ

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.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mũgĩmbĩ class 3 (plural mĩgĩmbĩ)

  1. finger millet (Eleusine coracana)[2]
    Synonym: ũgĩmbĩ

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ “mũgĩmbĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 114. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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