mũrũngũru

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Kikuyu

mũrũngũru (Herpestes sanguineus)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòɾòᵑɡóɾú/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.

Noun

mũrũngũru class 3 (plural mĩrũngũru)

  1. slender mongoose (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
  2. weasel[2][3]
  3. serval (cat)[4] (Leptailurus serval)

Usage notes

  • (slender mongoose): One of the translations Benson (1964) employs is black mongoose, but the species Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.（syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.）is found only in Angola and Namibia.[5]
  • (weasel): Benson (1964) and Barlow (1975) employ the term weasel and in Kenya, where Kikuyu people live, the following native species belonging to the family Mustelidae are found: African clawless otter (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.), spot-necked otter (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.), zorilla (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.), honey badger (Mellivora capensis), and African striped weasel (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.).[6] Kingdon (1977) shows Kikuyu names for all these species, except for A. capensis: Njimbiri for H. maculicollis, Njoire for I. striatus, Nthegere for M. capensis, and Wakaruri for P. albinucha.

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

See also

References

  1. ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1977). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part A (Carnivores), p. 184. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN
  2. ^ "weasel" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ “mũrũngũrũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 420. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ^ Stevenson, Marion S. (1927). "Specimens of Kikuyu Proverbs," p. 241. In Festschrift Meinhof: Sprachwissenschaftliche und andere Studien, pp. 241–246. Hamburg: Kommissionverlag von L. Friederichsen & Co.
  5. ^ Rapson, S. & Rathbun, G.B. (2015). Herpestes flavescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41599A45205933. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41599A45205933.en. Downloaded on 04 March 2018.
  6. ^ IUCN (2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 March 2018.
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