mũkangarithi

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Kikuyu[edit]

mũkangarithi (Gomphocarpus fruticosus)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mo.ka.ᵑɡa.ɾi.ði/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

Noun[edit]

mũkangarithi class 3 (plural mĩkangarithi)

  1. milkweed, swan plant, wild cotton (Gomphocarpus physocarpus, syn. Asclepias physocarpa[1] and G. fruticosus[2])

Meronyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “mũkangarithi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 208. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1304. →ISBN
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