huko

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huko

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hùkɔ̀ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.^[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.^[2]

Noun

huko class 9/10 (plural huko)

mole rat^[3]^[4]
mole^[1]^[5]^[6]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

ngoro itiumanĩire/itiumanĩrĩire ta marima ma huko

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
^ 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.
^ “huko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 168. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Leaky, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 458. →ISBN
^ McGregor, Arthur Wallace (1905). A Grammar of the Kikuyu Language, p. 27. London: Richard Clay & Sons.
^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 33.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

huko f

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of huku

Anagrams

hoku

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Adjective

huko

Ku class inflected form of hiyo.

Adverb

huko

there

Verb

huko

second-person singular negative present of -wako (“you are not (around there)”)

[lea1940-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

[yy1981-2] 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] “huko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 168. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[lsbl-4] Leaky, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 458. →ISBN

[5] McGregor, Arthur Wallace (1905). A Grammar of the Kikuyu Language, p. 27. London: Richard Clay & Sons.

[6] Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 33.

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