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mũramba

n. · class 1/2

  1. cl. 4; Baobab-tree (Adansonia digitata) (found in lower dry parts of Ukamba and Meru; bark used for making fibre traded into Kikuyu country)

Example: "Haha hena mũramba wa irigũ ũrĩa ũcanũkĩte wega mũno no ningĩ rungu rwaguo hena marigũ matatũ ma rangi wa ngoikoni." — Here is a very well-bloomed flower but below it are three green buds.

Related words

  • karambaa — segregation; discriminatory practice separating races, colonial-era restriction
  • mũrambũ — cl. 4; 2. sly, wily person; 3. (n.k.) discreet, tactful, modest person
  • kĩrambi — cl. 3; (of tools) vice; (spoken by the leader of a labour gang) take the strain!
  • ramba — to lick; pass the tongue over a surface to taste, clean, or moisten, behavior ob