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Kikuyu
Etymology
ka- (diminutive-) + mũcoroge
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]
Noun
kamũcoroge class 12 (plural tũmĩcoroge)
- small genet[2]
- Synonyms: gacoroge, njoroge
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References
- "genet" in Barlow, A. Ruffell (1975). English-Kikuyu dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.