icoya

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Kikuyu

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macoya ma ihĩndu

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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icoya class 5 (plural macoya)

  1. musaceous leaf
    icoya rĩa ihĩndu[2] ― an ensete leaf
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(Nouns)

See also

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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. ^ Kenyatta, Jomo (1966) Naushangilia mlima wa Kenya‎[1], Nairobi: East African Publishing House, page 208
  • “icoya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 72. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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