icoya

Kikuyu edit

macoya ma ihĩndu

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ìɕɔ̀jǎ/

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)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[1]

Noun edit

icoya class 5 (plural macoya)

musaceous leaf
icoya rĩa ihĩndu^[2] ― an ensete leaf

Related terms edit

(Nouns)

njoya class 9/10

See also edit

ithangũ

References 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.

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