mũraru

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See also: mũrarũ

Kikuyu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

muraru

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /mòɾàːɾú/

This a is pronounced long.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũraaru, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[2]

Noun[edit]

mũraru class 3 (plural mĩraru)

one of the banana cultivars

See also[edit]

irigũ

References[edit]

^ “mũraru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 372. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Further reading[edit]

Bananas in the life of the Kikuyu people. (retrieved 23 March 2018)

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