icoya
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Kikuyu
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Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
[edit]icoya class 5 (plural macoya)
Related terms
[edit](Nouns)
- njoya class 9/10
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Kenyatta, Jomo (1966) Naushangilia mlima wa Kenya[1], Nairobi: East African Publishing House, page 208
- “icoya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 72. Oxford: Clarendon Press.