mũringathinga
Appearance
Kikuyu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.
Noun
[edit]mũringathinga class 3 (plural mĩringathinga)
- Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata (syn. M. odorata[2]); tree or shrub of the family Rubiaceae
- Synonym: mũrema-mũthũa
References
[edit]- ^ Dale, Ivan R., Greenway, P. J. (1961) Kenya Trees and Shrubs[1], Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Estates and Hatchards, page 451
- ^ “mũringathinga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 389. Oxford: Clarendon Press.