mũriyũ

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

mũriiũ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòɾìːǒ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[1]

Noun

mũriyũ class 3 (plural mĩriyũ)

three-horned chameleon^[2]^[3]

Usage notes

Trioceros jacksonii

Near Nairobi, where Kikuyu people have lived, Jackson's chameleon or three-horned chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii, syn. Chamaeleo jacksonii), especially T. j. jacksonii (syn. C. j. jacksonii) has been observed.^[4]

See also

kĩĩmbu

References

^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
^ “mũriyũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 394. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 460. →ISBN
^ Trioceros jacksonii (The Reptile Database). (retrieved 29 March 2018)

Further reading

Fergusson, Gary and James Murphy and Richard Hudson (1990). "The quest for the Mount Kenya Muriyu." The Vivarium 3(1): 18–38.

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