Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ⁿdɔ̀ːɕɔ̀(ꜜ)/
The first o is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

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ndoco class 9/10 (plural ndoco)

  1. fine[1]
    Synonym: baĩni

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 “ndoco” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 296. 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.