gĩtoero
Kikuyu edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swahili kitoweo.[2]
Pronunciation edit
- The penultimate o is pronounced long.[2]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
Noun edit
gĩtoero class 7 (plural itoero)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hoorweg, Jan and Rudo Niemeijer (1980). "Preliminary studies on some aspects of Kikuyu food habits," p. 140. In Ecology of food and nutrition, 9, pp. 139–150.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “gĩtoero” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 456. Oxford: Clarendon Press.