Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From kuoha (to tie).[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun

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kĩoho class 7 (plural cioho)

  1. prison[1]
  2. imprisonment[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 oho” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 357. Oxford: Clarendon Press.