mũraraciĩ
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- murarachi,[1] muraracii
Etymology
Hutchins (1909) records m'Lalàchi as a local name for Chestnut (wild).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moɾaɾaɕie/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5.
Noun
mũraraciĩ class 3 (plural mĩraraciĩ)
- Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)
Synonyms
- mũrũrũa, mucarage
References
- Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
- Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 12. London: Darling & Son.
- “mũraraciĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 371. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1340. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN