gĩkoni

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣèkɔ̀nì(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

gĩkoni class 7 (plural ikoni)

  1. husk, skin[2]

(Nouns)

See also

  • ngũcĩ; (of banana, potato, etc.) ikoro

References

  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, 75123.
  2. koni” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 228. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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