mũriyũ

Kikuyu

Alternative forms
  • mũriiũ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòɾìːǒ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

mũriyũ class 3 (plural mĩriyũ)

  1. three-horned chameleon[2][3]

Usage notes
Trioceros jacksonii

Near Nairobi, where Kikuyu people have lived, Jackson's chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii, syn. Chamaeleo jacksonii), especially T. j. jacksonii (syn. C. j. jacksonii) has been observed.[4]

See also

References
  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. “mũriyũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 394. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 460. →ISBN
  4. Trioceros jacksonii (The Reptile Database). (retrieved 29 March 2018)

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