mũhethu
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- muhethu[1], mũhethũ[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòhɛ̀ðú/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
Noun
mũhethu class 3 (plural mĩhethu)
- charcoal tree, gunpowder tree (Trema orientalis,[1] syn. T. guineensis[3])
References
- Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 426. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 21 April 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
- 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. 11.
- “mũhethu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 148. Oxford: Clarendon Press.