mũbarĩki

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records mbariki as an equivalent of English castor-oil tree in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mbaluku and Swahili mbarika as its equivalents.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mòβàɾékì(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.^[2]

Noun

mũbarĩki class 3 (plural mĩbarĩki)

castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)^[3]
Synonym: mwarĩki^[3]

Meronyms

mbarĩki

References

^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 12–13. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
^ 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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 “mũbarĩki” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 25. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[hh1904-1] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 12–13. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[yy1981-2] 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.

[tgb1964-3] 3.0 ^3.1 “mũbarĩki” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 25. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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