mũbaũ

Kikuyu
mĩbaũ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mòβàːóꜜ/
This a is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

mũbaũ class 3 (plural mĩbaũ)

  1. blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus)[1]

(Nouns)

See also
  • mũringamu

References
  1. “mũbaũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 26. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 33.
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