mũrera-kĩĩmbu
التعريفات والمعاني
== Kikuyu ==
=== Alternative forms ===
murera-kimbu
=== Etymology ===
mũ- (“[CLASS 3]”) + kũrera (“to rear”) + kĩĩmbu (“chameleon”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /mòɾɛ̀ɾà(ꜜ) keèᵐbú/
The first element: As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
The second element: As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
=== Noun ===
mũrera-kĩĩmbu class 3 (plural mĩrera-kĩĩmbu)
Canthium oligocarpum subsp. friesiorum (syn. Rytigynia friesiorum), shrub or tree species of the family Rubiaceae
Synonym: mũbirũbirũ
==== See also ====
mũkondwe
=== References ===
“mũrera-kĩĩmbu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 379. Oxford: Clarendon Press.