kĩboko

See also: kiboko

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Swahili kiboko (“hippopotamus”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kèβɔ̀kɔ̌/

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

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[2]

(Nyeri) IPA^(key): /kèβɔ̀kɔ́/[3]

Noun

kĩboko class 7 (plural iboko)

sjambok (a leather whip, especially made of hippopotamus' or rhinoceros' hide)[1]

See also

mũcarica

References

“kĩboko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 32. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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.
Ford, K. C. (1975). "The Tones of Nouns in Kikuyu", p. 61. In Studies in African Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 49–64.

Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu", pp. 8, 10. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22.

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