mũkorobia

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Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mòkɔ̀ɾɔ̀βíːà(ꜜ)/
This i is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 14 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

Noun[edit]

mũkorobia class 3 (plural mĩkorobia)

  1. avocado (Persea americana)[1][2]

Meronyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “mũkorobia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 231. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 9.
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