Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swahili choo.[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.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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kĩoro class 7 (plural cioro)

  1. toilet, lavatory

References

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  1. ^ oro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 362. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.