thogora

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðɔ̀ɣɔ̀ɾàꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) 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.

Noun

thogora class 14 (plural mathogora)

1. price

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• thogora nĩ maitho
• thome wa anake ndũrĩ thogora no tharo

Related terms

(Verbs)

• gũthogora

References

• “thogora” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 523. Oxford: Clarendon Press.