mũtendera

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Kikuyu[edit]

mathangũ ma mũtendera

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mòtɛ̀ⁿdɛ̀ɾáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.

Noun[edit]

mũtendera class 3 (plural mĩtendera)

  1. forest peach (Rawsonia lucida[1][2] (syn. R. usambarensis[3]); produces timber.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1322. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  3. ^ “mũtendera” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 442. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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