mũthũũri
See also: mũthuuri
Kikuyu
 mũthũũri |  mũthũũri |
Alternative forms
- muthuri[1]
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records muthuuri as an equivalent of English cactus in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòðóːɾǐꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.
Noun
mũthũũri class 3 (plural mĩthũũri)
- candelabra tree (Euphorbia candelabrum);[3][4] its latex may cause temporary blindness if applied to the eyes.[3]
- Synonyms: mũbũbũngi, mũbũng'ũngi, gĩthũũri
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- gathũũri class 12
See also
- mwania-thenge, mwatha wa ihĩĩ, gakinya-njĩgĩ, kariaria
References
- Neuwinger, Hans Dieter (1996). African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, p. 477. Weinheim: Chapman & Hall.
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 10–11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “gĩthũũri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 539. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1319. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN