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mbarĩki

Kikuyu

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mbarĩki

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ᵐbàɾékì(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, thimiti, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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mbarĩki class 9/10 (plural mbarĩki)

  1. castor bean[2]
  2. castor oil;[3] Kikuyu people use it for treating minor wounds and protecting skin, etc.

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References

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  1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  2. ^ “mbarĩki” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 25. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ Kikuyu Language online: phonology (retrieved 10th January 2016)

Meru

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FWOTD – 25 February 2016

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mbarĩki

  1. castor bean[1]

Holonyms

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taitumu, Bernard (2014). "Kimeru Word-Formation Processes: An Onomasiological Approach", p. 63.
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