Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /màkɔ̀ɾɔ̀βíjà(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, as makorobiya, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[1]

Noun

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makorobia class 6

  1. plural of ikorobia

References

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  1. ^ 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.