kĩroko
Kikuyu
Alternative forms
- kĩrooko
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kèɾɔ̀(ː)kɔ̀ꜜ/
- According to Yukawa (1981), 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.
- (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.[1]
Related terms
(Nouns)
- mũrokero class 3
(Verbs)
- kũrooka
See also
- mũthenya
References
- 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.
- “kĩroko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 403. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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