mũũngũnũ
- burrowing shoot, underground runner, offshoot of a certain species of grass reeds, papyrus, sugar-cane; 2. a grass (revered as a source of nutrition for domestic livestock and used in various rituals for garlanding: (a) when a warrior returned from killing an enemy, (b) when cattle were moved from one cattle-post to a new one, (c) when gourds of beer, brought to the home of a prospective bridegroom, were returned to the home of the prospective bride; held up as a sign of truce or surrender in war); nyeki ya mũũngũnũ = Kikuyu grass