mũkarakaba
Kikuyu
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 14 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
Noun
editmũkarakaba class 3 (plural mĩkarakaba)
- cypress,[1] especially Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 33.
- ^ “mũkarakaba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 210. Oxford: Clarendon Press.