mũbangi

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Kikuyu

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mũbangi
mũbangi

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mò.βà.ᵑɡì(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

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mũbangi class 3 (plural mĩbangi)

  1. Mexican marigold, tall khaki weed (Tagetes minuta)[1][2][3]

Hypernyms

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References

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  1. ^ bangi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 23. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 5.
  3. ^ Terry, P.J. and R.W. Michieka (1987). Common weeds of East Africa/Magugu ya Afrika Mashariki, p. 50. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  4. ^ Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach."