icoya
Kikuyu
macoya ma ihĩndu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ìɕɔ̀jǎ/
- 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)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[1]
Noun
icoya class 5 (plural macoya)
- musaceous leaf
- icoya rĩa ihĩndu[2] ― an ensete leaf
Related terms
(Nouns)
- njoya class 9/10
See also
- ithangũ
References
- 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, Nairobi: East African Publishing House, page 208
- “icoya” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 72. Oxford: Clarendon Press.