kĩhaaro

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Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kĩhaaro class 7 (plural ihaaro)

  1. field or public place, public square
    Cira wa mũciĩ ndumagĩrio kĩharo.[2] - Domestic issues are not addressed in public.
  2. court, which also implies a public place
    Cira wa kĩrimũ ũtindaga kĩharo.[2] - A fool's court case never ends.

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

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. 2.0 2.1 Barra, G. (1960). 1,000 Kikuyu proverbs: with translations and English equivalents, p. 6.
  • haaro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 135. Oxford: Clarendon Press.