mũgaita

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Kikuyu[edit]

mũgaita (Myrsine africana)

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hutchins (1909) records m'Gàiyìtà as the local name for Rapanea rhododendroides.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3.

Noun[edit]

mũgaita class 3 (plural mĩgaita)

  1. Certain species of Primulaceae producing fruits (ngaita) used as a vermifuge.
    1. Cape myrtle (Myrsine africana)[2][3]
    2. Myrsine rhododendroides, syn. Rapanea rhododendroides[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 12. London: Darling & Son.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “mũgaita” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 100. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1330. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mũgaita&oldid=78582747"