kaiyaba

Kikuyu

kaiyaba

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaìjáβà(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun

kaiyaba class 12 (plural tũiyaba)

Kei apple (Dovyalis caffra); introduced from Southern Africa, fruit edible, also used for hedging.^[2]

References

^ “kaiyaba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 193. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 210. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 22 September 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees

[1] “kaiyaba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 193. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[m&t-2] Maundu, Patrick and Bo Tengnäs (eds.) (2005). Useful Trees and Shrubs for Kenya, p. 210. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre—Eastern and Central Africa Regional Programme (ICRAF-ECA). →ISBN Accessed online 22 September 2018 via http://www.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees

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