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.

Noun

kĩroruha class 7 (plural iroruha)

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

See also

References

  1. horuha” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 165. 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, 75123.
  3. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190231.
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