mũbangi

Kikuyu

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

Noun

mũbangi class 3 (plural mĩbangi)

  1. Mexican marigold, tall khaki weed (Tagetes minuta)[1][2][3]

Hypernyms

References
  1. “mũbangi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 23. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 5.
  3. Terry, P.J. and R.W. Michieka (1987). Common weeds of East Africa/Magugu ya Afrika Mashariki, p. 50. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  4. Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach."
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