kĩoho
Kikuyu
Etymology
From kuoha (“to tie”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keɔ̀hɔ́ꜜ/
- 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
kĩoho class 7 (plural cioho)
- prison[1]
- imprisonment[1]
References
- “kĩoho” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 357. Oxford: Clarendon Press.