nyoro

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Kikuyu

nyoro (Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish')

Pronunciation

  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ɲɔ̀ɾɔ̀ꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[1]

Noun

nyoro class 9/10 (plural nyoro)

  1. Dwarf Cavendish banana[2] a cultivar of Musa acuminata (Colla (AAA Group) 'Dwarf Cavendish')
    Synonym: gatumia

See also

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. ^ Stover, R. H. and N. W. Simmonds (1987). Bananas, 3rd ed., p. 158. London: Longman.

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