mũtũngũrũ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Kikuyu[edit]

mũtũngũrũ (Anthocleista grandiflora)
mũtũngũrũ (Anthocleista grandiflora)

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

mũtũngũrũ class 3 (plural mĩtũngũrũ)

  1. forest fever tree (Anthocleista grandiflora, syn. Anthocleista zambesiaca[2])[1]
  2. Mitragyna rubrostipulata[2] (syn. Fleroya rubrostipulata), Rubiaceae; yields timber.
    Synonym: mũkũndũ
  3. Meyna tetraphylla (Rubiaceae)[1]
    Synonym: mũkũndũ

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas‎[1], Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “mũtũngũrũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 480. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mũtũngũrũ&oldid=78400315"