mũkoro

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòkɔ̀ɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

mũkoro class 3 (plural mĩkoro)

1. (banana-)stem

   mũkoro wa irigũ ― banana stem

Related terms

(Nouns)

• ikoro class 5
• ngoro class 9/10
• nyagĩkoro class 9/10

References

• “mũkoro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 231. Oxford: Clarendon Press.