ikoro

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ìkɔ̀ɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

ikoro class 5 (plural makoro)

  1. skin (of banana, potato, etc.)[2]
    makoro ma ngwacĩ - sweet potato skins

(Nouns)

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ ikoro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 231. Oxford: Clarendon Press.