kĩroruha

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kèɾɔ̀ːɾúhà(ꜜ)/
This o is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun

kĩroruha class 7 (plural iroruha)

  1. callosity, callus[1][2]
  2. corn (on the skin)[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “kĩhoruha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 165. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
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