mũringathinga

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Kikuyu[edit]

mũringathinga

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mòɾìᵑɡáðìŋɡáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with kĩgorogoru, kĩĩhutaatĩ, and so on.

Noun[edit]

mũringathinga class 3 (plural mĩringathinga)

  1. Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata (syn. M. odorata[2]); tree or shrub of the family Rubiaceae
    Synonym: mũrema-mũthũa

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dale, Ivan R., Greenway, P. J. (1961) Kenya Trees and Shrubs‎[1], Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Estates and Hatchards, page 451
  2. ^ “mũringathinga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 389. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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