kĩroboto

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Cf. Swahili kiroboto (“flea”)^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kèɾɔ̀βɔ̀tɔ̌/

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

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981) classified this term into a group including mwĩrĩ, mũka, ngitĩ, nyũmba, etc.,^[2] which is merged with another group including kahiũ, mũtĩ, etc. in Yukawa (1985).^[3]

Noun

kĩroboto class 7 (plural iroboto)

(big)^[1] flea
Synonym: thuya

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “kĩroboto” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 402. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ 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.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

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