Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mòkɔ̀ɾɔ̀βíːà(ꜜ)/
This i is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 14 with a tetrasyllabic stem.

Noun

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mũkorobia class 3 (plural mĩkorobia)

  1. avocado (Persea americana)[1][2]

Meronyms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 korobia” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 231. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 9.