mũrũngũru
Kikuyu
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.
Noun
[edit]mũrũngũru class 3 (plural mĩrũngũru)
- slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus, syn. Galerella sanguinea)
- weasel[2][3]
- serval (cat)[4] (Leptailurus serval)
Usage notes
[edit]- (slender mongoose): One of the translations Benson (1964) employs is black mongoose, but the species Herpestes flavescens（syn. Galerella flavescens）is found only in Angola and Namibia.[5]
- (weasel): Benson (1964) and Barlow (1975) employ the term weasel and in Kenya, where Kikuyu people live, the following native species belonging to the family Mustelidae are found: African clawless otter (Aonyx capensis), spot-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis, syn. Lutra maculicollis), zorilla (Ictonyx striatus), honey badger (Mellivora capensis), and African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha).[6] Kingdon (1977) shows Kikuyu names for all these species, except for A. capensis: Njimbiri for H. maculicollis, Njoire for I. striatus, Nthegere for M. capensis, and Wakaruri for P. albinucha.
Derived terms
[edit](Proverbs)
- mũrũngũru wa njamba ũguĩmaga na ime
- mũrũngũru wa njamba ũmaathaga na ime
- mũrũngũru wa njamba ũtahaga na ime
- mũrũngũru wa njamba ũtegaga na ime
- mũrũngũru wa njamba ũũragaga na ime
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1977). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part A (Carnivores), p. 184. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN
- ^ "weasel" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ “mũrũngũrũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 420. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Stevenson, Marion S. (1927). "Specimens of Kikuyu Proverbs," p. 241. In Festschrift Meinhof: Sprachwissenschaftliche und andere Studien, pp. 241–246. Hamburg: Kommissionverlag von L. Friederichsen & Co.
- ^ Rapson, S. & Rathbun, G.B. (2015). Herpestes flavescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41599A45205933. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41599A45205933.en. Downloaded on 04 March 2018.
- ^ IUCN (2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 March 2018.