mũhũri
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòhòɾí/
- 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
mũhũri class 3 (plural mĩhũri)
- shrub or tree of the genus Oncoba
- Oncoba routledgei[1]
- fried egg tree, snuff-box tree (Oncoba spinosa)[2]
Synonyms
- (Oncoba routledgei): mwage, mũigaigua
- (fried egg tree): kiage, muigaigua,[3] rũhũri[2]
References
- “mũhũri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 179. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1322. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
- Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN