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gĩkere

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Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

Noun

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gĩkere class 7 (plural ikere)

  1. (Anatomy) calf (of the leg)[2]
    Holonym: kũgũrũ

References

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  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. ^ “gĩkere” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 215. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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