mũrera-kĩĩmbu
Kikuyu
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mũrera-kĩĩmbu
Alternative forms
- murera-kimbu[1]
Etymology
mũ- (“[CLASS 3]”) + kũrera (“to rear”) + kĩĩmbu (“chameleon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɾɛ̀ɾà(ꜜ) keèᵐbú/
- The first element: As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- The second element: 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
mũrera-kĩĩmbu 3 (plural mĩrera-kĩĩmbu)
- Canthium oligocarpum subsp. friesiorum (syn. Rytigynia friesiorum), shrub or tree species of the family Rubiaceae
- Synonym: mũbirũbirũ
See also
- mũkondwe
References
- Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas, Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN
- “mũrera-kĩĩmbu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 379. Oxford: Clarendon Press.