mũtendera
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- mutendera[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòtɛ̀ⁿdɛ̀ɾáꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.
Noun
mũtendera class 3 (plural mĩtendera)
- forest peach (Rawsonia lucida[1][2] (syn. R. usambarensis[3]); produces timber.
References
- Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1322. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
- “mũtendera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 442. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Rawsonia+lucida at The Plant List