nyoro
See also: Nyoro
Kikuyu edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Kiambu)
- As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[1]
Noun edit
nyoro class 9/10 (plural nyoro)
- Dwarf Cavendish banana[2] a cultivar of Musa acuminata (Colla (AAA Group) 'Dwarf Cavendish')
- Synonym: gatumia
See also edit
References 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.
- ^ Stover, R. H. and N. W. Simmonds (1987). Bananas, 3rd ed., p. 158. London: Longman.
Further reading edit
- Bananas in the life of the Kikuyu people. (retrieved 28 February 2018)