Kikuyu edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Swahili kitoweo.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣè.tɔ̀ː.ɛ́.ɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
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)

  1. stew with potato, vegetable and sometimes meat

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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. 2.0 2.1 toero” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 456. Oxford: Clarendon Press.