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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili soko.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðɔ̀kɔ̀(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
Noun
thoko class 9/10 (plural thoko)
- market, marketplace
- Synonyms: ndũnyũ, kĩng'ang'a
See also
References
- ^ “thoko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 524. Oxford: Clarendon Press.