kĩoho

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kuoha (“to tie”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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]

kĩoho class 7 (plural cioho)

  1. prison[1]
  2. imprisonment[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “kĩoho” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 357. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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