gĩtoka

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Kikuyu[edit]

gĩtoka (Crinum kirkii)
gĩtoka (Crinum macowanii)

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

This o is pronounced long.[2]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

Noun[edit]

gĩtoka class 7 (plural itoka)

  1. pyjama lily (Crinum kirkii); formerly planted for marking boundaries of individual land holdings.[2][3]
  2. Cape coast lily, pyjama lily (Crinum macowanii)[1]
    Synonym: gĩtũngũrũ kĩa ngoma

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Njoroge, Grace N. and Rainer W. Bussmann (2006). "Traditional management of ear, nose and throat (ENT) diseases in Central Kenya." Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:54.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “gĩtoka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 457. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1349. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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