mũkoigwa
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Kikuyu
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
Noun
[edit]mũkoigwa class 3 (plural mĩkoigwa)
- tassel-berry (Antidesma venosum)[2]
- Synonym: mũkondwe
References
[edit]- ^ Maundu, Patrick M., Grace W. Ngugi and Christine H. S. Kabuye (1999). Traditional Food Plants of Kenya. KENRIK, National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi.
- ^ “mũkoigwa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 226. Oxford: Clarendon Press.