gĩtore

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Kikuyu

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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This o is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a disyllabic stem, together with njege, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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gĩtore class 7 (plural itore)

  1. tree hyrax[1] (Dendrohyrax); According to IUCN (2014), two native species are found in Kenya: southern tree hyrax (D. arboreus) and eastern tree hyrax (D. validus).[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “gĩtore” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 461. 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. ^ IUCN (2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 January 2018.
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