gatumia

Kikuyu

FWOTD – 27 September 2020

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a trisyllabic stem, together with mũbariti, and so on.

gatumia class 12 (plural tũtumia)

certain varieties of banana that bear bunches on a short tree^[1]
1. Dwarf Cavendish banana,^[2] a cultivar, (Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) 'Dwarf Cavendish')
  Synonym: nyoro
2. Bandé banana^[3]
(common) purslane (Portulaca oleracea)^[4]

^ “gatumia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 469. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Njuguna Kori Joseph (2012). "Cavendish bananas in East Africa." In D. A. Karamura and E. Karamura and W. Tinzaara Banana Cultivar Names, Synonyms and Their Usage in East Africa, p. 32–33. Kampala, Uganda: Bioversity International.
^ Stover, R. H. and N. W. Simmonds (1987). Bananas, 3rd ed., p. 158. London: Longman.
^ Terry, P.J. and R.W. Michieka (1987). Common weeds of East Africa/Magugu ya Afrika Mashariki, p. 138. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.