inagu

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ìnáɣù(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 9 with a disyllabic stem, together with gĩcũhĩ, njũi, and so on.

Noun

inagu class 5 (plural managu)

  1. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum);[1] its leaves have been traditionally regarded as edible.[2]

See also

References
  1. Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 11. TANG 6(3).
  2. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1342. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  • “mũnagu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 278. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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