kĩroko

• kĩrooko

• IPA^(key): /kèɾɔ̀(ː)kɔ̀ꜜ/

According to Yukawa (1981), the first o is pronounced long.^[1]

As for Tonal Class, 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, huko, 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.^[1]

kĩroko class 7

1. morning

   Synonym: rũcinĩ

(Nouns)

• mũrokero class 3

(Verbs)

• kũrooka

• mũthenya

• “kĩroko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 403. Oxford: Clarendon Press.