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mũkengeria

Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mòkɛ́ᵑɡɛ̀ɾiáꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with ngũngũni, batĩrĩ, and so on.

Noun

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mũkengeria class 3 (plural mĩkengeria)

  1. any species of the genus Commelina, especially wandering Jew (C. benghalensis)[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1349. →ISBN
  2. ^ Terry, P.J. and R.W. Michieka (1987). Common weeds of East Africa/Magugu ya Afrika Mashariki, p. 22. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  3. ^ Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach", p. 32.
  • “mũkengeria” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 214. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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