kĩroruha

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kèɾɔ̀ːɾúhà(ꜜ)/

This o is pronounced long.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies the term kĩrooruha into a group including gĩcũhĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũberethi, mũthamaki, thabina, njogoo, Mũthũngũ, mũthanga, rĩithori (pl. maithori), mũcemanio, kĩgokora, ndagitari, and so on.^[2]^[3]

Noun

kĩroruha class 7 (plural iroruha)

callosity, callus^[1]^[2]
corn (on the skin)^[1]^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “kĩhoruha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 165. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

[tgb1964-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “kĩhoruha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 165. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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.

[yy1985-3] Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

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Kikuyu

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