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mũthaithi

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Kikuyu

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mũthaithi (Cassipourea malosana)
mũthaithi (Cassipourea malosana)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Hutchins (1909) records m'Saizi as the Kikuyu name for Pillar-wood, or Weihea africana.[5]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mòðàìðì(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.

Noun

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mũthaithi class 3 (plural mĩthaithi)

  1. certain species of the genus Cassipourea (Rhizophoraceae)
    1. pillar wood (C. malosana)[2][6][1][3]
    2. C. rotundifolia[2][6][1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dale, Ivan R., Greenway, P. J. (1961) Kenya Trees and Shrubs‎[1], Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Estates and Hatchards, page 398
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas‎[2], Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 149. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 1 May 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees
  4. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1337. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  5. ^ Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 25. London: Darling & Son.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 “mũthaithi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 488. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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