mũrũrũa

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Kikuyu[edit]

mũrũrũa

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mòɾòːɾòːáꜜ/
According to Benson (1964), the second and third ũ are pronounced long.[2]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.

Noun[edit]

mũrũrũa class 3 (plural mĩrũrũa)

  1. Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 142. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 12 May 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
  2. ^ “mũrũrũa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 421. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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