mũruma-andũ
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Kikuyu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- murumandu,[1] murumia andu,[2] murumia-andu,[1] mũrimandũ,[3] mũrumandũ,[4][3] mũrumia-andũ,[5] mŭruma andŭ[6]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (mũruma) As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (andũ) As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.
Noun
[edit]mũruma-andũ class 3 (plural mĩruma-andũ)
- Bersama abyssinica, a shrub or tree of the family Francoaceae (formerly Melianthaceae)
- Synonym: mũthandĩ
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
- ^ Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 122. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 27 September 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1328. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
- ^ 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. 6. TANG 6(3).
- ^ “mũruma-andũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 409. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Njoroge, Grace N. and Rainer W. Bussmann (2009). "Ethnotherapeutic management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and reproductive health conditions in Central Province of Kenya." Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 8(2), pp. 255–261.