mũkomakoma
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Kikuyu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with gĩcinicini, and so on.
Noun[edit]
mũkomakoma class 3 (plural mĩkomakoma)
- Psychotria fractinervata (syn. Grumilea exserta[3])[1]
- Galiniera saxifraga (syn. G. coffeoides) (Rubiaceae)[1]
Usage notes[edit]
Benson (1964) also includes the definition Grumilea platyphylla, now considered as synonymous with Psychotria goetzei var. platyphylla, whose only distribution, however, is Tanzania, not Kenya inhabited by Kikuyu people according to Lovett & Clarke (1998) and Govaerts et al. (2021). Dale & Greenway (1961: 444) also had featured Grumilea platyphylla (but with a Kikuyu name Mukambokombo), which was later re-determined and described as a new species Psychotria pseudoplatyphylla by Petit (1964: 90).
Synonyms[edit]
- (Galiniera saxifraga): mũgicũ, mũhige, mũhuha, mũtĩ-mũirũ, mũthigitha
Related terms[edit]
(Nouns)
- mũkombokombo class 3
See also[edit]
- (Psychotria spp.): mũirũ, ng'ondu, gathandĩka
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas[1], Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN
- ^ Dale, Ivan R., Greenway, P. J. (1961) Kenya Trees and Shrubs[2], Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Estates and Hatchards, page 444
- ^ “mũkomakoma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 227. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Govaerts, R., Ruhsam, M., Andersson, L., Robbrecht, E., Bridson, D., Davis, A., Schanzer, I. and Sonké, B. (2021). World Checklist of Rubiaceae. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=168138 Retrieved 22 October 2021
- Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. (1998). Psychotria goetzei var. platyphylla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T35463A9934298. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35463A9934298.en Downloaded on 13 June 2019.
- Petit, E. (1964) “Les espèces africaines du genre Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae): I.”, in Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles, volume 34, , pages 1–160