kamũcoroge
Kikuyu
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editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]
Noun
editkamũcoroge class 12 (plural tũmĩcoroge)
Related terms
edit(Names)
- Njoroge m
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.
- ^ “mũcoroge” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 71. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- "genet" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.