mũringa
Kikuyu
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Hutchins (1909) records m'Ringa as the Kikuyu name for Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..[2]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.
Noun
mũringa class 3 (plural mĩringa)
- large-leafed cordia (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.); traditionally used for making hives and stools[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 169. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN
- ^ Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 24. London: Darling & Son.
- ^ “mũringa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 389. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1306. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
- 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. 6.