irio

Kikuyu

From kũrĩa (“to eat”).[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.[2]

irio class 8[1]

“irio” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 390. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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.

Unknown[1]

īriō m or f (genitive īriōnis); third declension

a siliquose plant, probably a member of the genera Barbarea (wintercress or yellow rocket) or Sisymbrium (comprising several species of mustard and rocket)
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:irio.

Third declension.

īrĭo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
īrĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 856/3
“Īriō” on page 966/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “irio”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 718

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