gĩkorora
التعريفات والمعاني
== Kikuyu ==
=== Etymology ===
From gũkorora (“to cough”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Kiambu, Murang'a, Nyeri) IPA(key): /ɣèkɔ̀ɾɔ́ɾà/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on. Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.
(Ndia) IPA(key): /ɣèkɔ́ɾɔ́ɾà/
The same underlying pattern as that of mũthigari and nyamĩndigi.
=== Noun ===
gĩkorora class 7 (plural ikorora)
phlegm
==== Related terms ====
(Nouns)
rũkorora class 11
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