thogora
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðɔ̀ɣɔ̀ɾàꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, 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]
Noun
thogora class 14 (plural mathogora)
- price
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- thogora nĩ maitho
- thome wa anake ndũrĩ thogora no tharo
Related terms
(Verbs)
- gũthogora
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.
- “thogora” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 523. Oxford: Clarendon Press.