mũkangarithi

Kikuyu
mũkangarithi (Gomphocarpus fruticosus)

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

Noun

mũkangarithi class 3 (plural mĩkangarithi)

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

Meronyms
  • (seed-pod) ngangarithi

References
  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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.