icoya
Kikuyu
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editicoya class 5 (plural macoya)
Related terms
edit(Nouns)
- njoya class 9/10
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ^ Kenyatta, Jomo (1966) Naushangilia mlima wa Kenya[1], Nairobi: East African Publishing House, page 208
- “icoya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 72. Oxford: Clarendon Press.