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单词 mũgaita
释义

mũgaita

Kikuyu

mũgaita (Myrsine africana)

Alternative forms

  • mugaita

Etymology

Hutchins (1909) records m'Gàiyìtà as the local name for Rapanea rhododendroides.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɣaita/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3.

Noun

mũgaita class 3 (plural mĩgaita)

  1. Certain species of Primulaceae producing fruits (ngaita) used as a vermifuge.
    1. Cape myrtle (Myrsine africana)[2][3]
    2. Rapanea rhododendroides[2][3]

References

  1. Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 12. London: Darling & Son.
  2. gaita” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 100. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1330. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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