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单词 mũthũ
释义

mũthũ

Kikuyu

Colius striatus kikuyensis

Alternative forms

  • muthu[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moðo/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a monosyllabic stem.
  • (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcibi, cibũ, gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), njata, mũthee, ihũa (pl. mahũa), gĩcanũri, ithanwa, kang'aurũ, mwatũka, ndarathini (kind of fruit), Gĩgĩkũyũ, and so on.[2][3]

Noun

mũthũ class 3 (plural mĩthũ)

  1. fruit-eating mousebird,[4] especially speckled mousebird (Colius striatus)[1]

References

  1. Lamond, Geneviene (2007). Local knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services in smallholder coffee farms in Central Province, Kenya. University of Wales, Bangor.
  2. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75123.
  3. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190231.
  4. thũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 533. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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