mwĩnũ

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Kikuyu[edit]

mwĩnũ

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hutchins (1909) records Muvènu as the Kikuyu name for Cassia didymobotria (sic!).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun[edit]

mwĩnũ class 3 (plural mĩĩnũ)

  1. peanut butter cassia, candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya,[1] syn. Cassia didymobotrya[3][4]); traditionally used as a purgative, etc.[3][1]
    Synonym: kĩĩnũ

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).
  2. ^ Hutchins, D. E. (1909). Report on the Forests of British East Africa, p. 24. London: Darling & Son.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “mwĩnũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 199. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1308. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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