kĩroboto

Kikuyu

Etymology

Cf. Swahili kiroboto (“flea”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kèɾɔ̀βɔ̀tɔ̌/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
  • (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981) classified this term into a group including mwĩrĩ, mũka, ngitĩ, nyũmba, etc.,[2] which is merged with another group including kahiũ, mũtĩ, etc. in Yukawa (1985).[3]

Noun

kĩroboto class 7 (plural iroboto)

  1. (big)[1] flea
    Synonym: thuya

References
  1. “kĩroboto” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 402. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  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.
  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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