thonjo

Kikuyu

thonjo (Ploceus baglafecht)

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

(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]

thonjo class 9/10 (plural thonjo)

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.
“thonjo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Lamond, Geneviene (2007). Local knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services in smallholder coffee farms in Central Province, Kenya. University of Wales, Bangor.

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