mũrũrũ
Kikuyu
.jpg.webp) mũrũrũ (Flacourtia indica) | .jpg.webp) mũrũrũ (Flacourtia indica) |
 mũrũrũ (Toddalia asiatica) |
Alternative forms
- mroro[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòɾòɾò(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
Noun
mũrũrũ class 3 (plural mĩrũrũ)
- ramontchi, governor's plum (Flacourtia indica);[1][2] fruit edible.[1]
- forest pepper, Lopez root, wild orange tree (Toddalia asiatica)[2]
- Synonym: mũrũrũe
References
- Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
- “mũrũrũ2” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 421. Oxford: Clarendon Press.