nyoka

From Proto-Bantu *ǹjókà.

• IPA^(key): /ɲɔ̀káꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]

nyoka class 9/10 (plural nyoka)

1. snake

• nyamũ ya thĩ

• “nyoka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 349. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

From Proto-Bantu *ǹjókà.

nyoka class 9 (plural nyoka)

1. snake

From Proto-Bantu *ǹjókà.

nyoka class 9

1. snake

From Proto-Bantu *ǹjókà. Cognate with Bemba nsoka, Chichewa njoka, Fang (Cameroon) oo, Herero onyoka, Lingala nyoka, Luba-Kasai nyoka, Nyamwezi nzoka, Rwanda-Rundi inzoka, Shona nyoka, Sotho noha, Umbundu nyoka, Venda nowa, Zulu inyoka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲɔ.kɑ/

nyoka (n class, plural nyoka)

1. snake
2. worm

• joka (“serpent”)

From Proto-Bantu *ǹjókà.

nyoka

1. snake