mũrũrũ

Kikuyu
mũrũrũ (Flacourtia indica)
mũrũrũ (Flacourtia indica)
mũrũrũ (Toddalia asiatica)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòɾòɾò(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

mũrũrũ class 3 (plural mĩrũrũ)

  1. ramontchi, governor's plum, Indian plum (Flacourtia indica);[1][2] fruit edible.[1]
  2. forest pepper, Lopez root, wild orange tree (Toddalia asiatica)[2]
    Synonym: mũrũrũe

References
  1. Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. “mũrũrũ2” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 421. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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