mũthũũri

See also: mũthuuri

Kikuyu
mũthũũri

Alternative forms

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records muthuuri as an equivalent of English cactus in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòðóːɾǐꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.

Noun

mũthũũri class 3 (plural mĩthũũri)

  1. candelabra tree (Euphorbia ingens); its latex may cause temporary blindness if applied to the eyes.[3]
    Synonyms: mũbũbũngi, mũbũng'ũngi, gĩthũũri

Usage notes

Despite application of Euphorbia candelabrum to this term by many authors, this should be nevertheless read as E. ingens; see gĩthũũri.

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • gathũũri class 12

See also
  • mwania-thenge, mwatha wa ihĩĩ, gakinya-njĩgĩ, kariaria

References
  1. Neuwinger, Hans Dieter (1996). African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, p. 477. Weinheim: Chapman & Hall.
  2. Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 10–11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  3. “gĩthũũri” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 539. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Leakey, L. S. B. (1977) The Southern Kikuyu before 1903‎, volume 3, London and New York: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 1319
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