kĩohe

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Derived from kuoha (to tie).[1]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a disyllabic stem, together with njege, and so on.

Noun

kĩohe class 7 (plural ciohe)

  1. parcel, package, bundle, bunch
    kĩohe kĩa njuĩrĩ - a lock of hair[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 ohe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 357. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.