mũriyũ
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Kikuyu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- 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)
Noun
[edit]mũriyũ class 3 (plural mĩriyũ)
Usage notes
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Near Nairobi, where Kikuyu people have lived, Jackson's chameleon(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Trioceros jacksonii, syn. Chamaeleo jacksonii), especially T. j. jacksonii (syn. C. j. jacksonii) has been observed.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Fergusson, Gary and James Murphy and Richard Hudson (1990). "The quest for the Mount Kenya Muriyu." The Vivarium 3(1): 18–38.