mũtomoko
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Kikuyu
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swahili mtomoko (“custard apple”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- The first o is pronounced long.[1]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
Noun
[edit]mũtomoko class 3 (plural mĩtomoko)
- cherimoya tree (Annona cherimola)[2]
Hyponyms
[edit]- (leaf) itomoko
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “mũtomoko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, pp. 457–8. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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. 5. TANG 6(3).