gĩtore

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Kikuyu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

gĩtoore

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɣetɔːɾɛ/

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)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including buubu, gĩthitũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), kĩratũ, mũbira, mwera,nyanya (“tomato”), thani, thimbũ, and so on.^[2]

Noun[edit]

gĩtore class 7 (plural itore)

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[edit]

gĩkami

References[edit]

Dendrohyrax in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.

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

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