gĩtoka
Kikuyu
![](Images/wiktionary/Crinum_kirkii_1.jpg.webp)
gĩtoka (Crinum kirkii)
![](Images/wiktionary/Common_Vlei_Lily_(Crinum_macowanii)_(33200156802).jpg.webp)
gĩtoka (Crinum macowanii)
Alternative forms
- gîtoka[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣètɔ̀ːkáꜜ/
- This o is pronounced long.[2]
- 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
gĩtoka class 7 (plural itoka)
- pyjama lily (Crinum kirkii); formerly planted for marking boundaries of individual land holdings.[2][3]
- Cape coast lily, pyjama lily (Crinum macowanii)[1]
- Synonym: gĩtũngũrũ kĩa ngoma
References
- Njoroge, Grace N. and Rainer W. Bussmann (2006). "Traditional management of ear, nose and throat (ENT) diseases in Central Kenya." Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:54.
- “gĩtoka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 457. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, p. 1349. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN