mũgaita
Kikuyu
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)
- Certain species of Primulaceae producing fruits (ngaita) used as a vermifuge.
- Cape myrtle (Myrsine africana)[2][3]
- Rapanea rhododendroides[2][3]
References
- Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 12. London: Darling & Son.
- “mũgaita” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 100. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1330. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN