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mũigaigua

Kikuyu edit

 
mũigaigua (Oncoba spinosa)
 
mũigaigua (Oncoba spinosa)

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Pronunciation edit

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8.

Noun edit

mũigaigua class 3 (plural mĩigaigua)

  1. shrub or tree of the genus Oncoba; branches with axillary spines.[1]
    1. Oncoba routledgei[1][2]
    2. snuff-box tree, fried egg tree (Oncoba spinosa)[1]

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References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. ^ “mũigaigua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 182. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1322. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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