mũrera-kĩĩmbu

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

murera-kimbu^[1]

Etymology

mũ- (“[CLASS 3]”) + kũrera (“to rear”) + kĩĩmbu (“chameleon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòɾɛ̀ɾà(ꜜ) keèᵐbú/

The first element: As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

The second element: As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

Noun

mũrera-kĩĩmbu class 3 (plural mĩrera-kĩĩmbu)

Canthium oligocarpum subsp. friesiorum (syn. Rytigynia friesiorum), shrub or tree species of the family Rubiaceae
Synonym: mũbirũbirũ

References

^ Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas‎^[1], Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN

“mũrera-kĩĩmbu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 379. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[1] Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas‎^[1], Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN

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