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单词 mũhũgũ
释义

mũhũgũ

Kikuyu

mũhũgũ

Etymology

Hutchins (1909) records m'Hùgu as the Kikuyu name for Ibean Sandal, or Brachylaena sp.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòhòɣó/
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.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[2]

Noun

mũhũgũ class 3 (plural mĩhũgũ)

  1. muhugu, muhuhu (Brachylaena huillensis,[3] syn. B. hutchinsii[4][3][5]); Kikuyu people have used this species for firewood,[4] poles, partitioning walls (mĩhĩrĩgo), etc.[3]

Synonyms

  • (Northern) mũhũgũhũgũ[4]

References

  1. Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, pp. 12, 24. London: Darling & Son.
  2. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75123.
  3. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1312. →ISBN
  4. hũgũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 174. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  5. Guide to the Trees in Kenya Useful for Agroforestry. (retrieved 30 March 2018)
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