mũkũngũgũ

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Kikuyu[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a trisyllabic stem.

Noun[edit]

mũkũngũgũ class 3 (plural mĩkũngũgũ)

  1. Commiphora eminii subsp. zimmermannii[1] (syn. C. missionis, C. zimmermannii[3]), tree of the family Burseraceae; traditionally used by Kikuyu people for hedging, supporter of yam vine, and so on.[1][2][3]

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(Phrases)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “mũkũngũgũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 245. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, pp. 1306–7. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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