guka

== Kikuyu == === Alternative forms === guuka === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣùːkǎ(ꜜ)/ This u is pronounced long. As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ɲamo class which includes nyamũ, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũgwacĩ, mũtwe, rũkũ, ũta, taata (“my aunt”), Kariũki (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on. (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including ngwacĩ, nyamũ, kanyamũ, ruo, ũta, taata (“aunt”), gũtũ, mũtwe, and so on. === Noun === guka class 1 my grandfather ==== See also ==== (thy) gukaguo; (his/her) gukawe === References === Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 262. == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === gȕka f (Cyrillic spelling гу̏ка) excrescence, growth === Further reading === “guka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026