ihooru

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Kikuyu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

ihoru

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ihɔ̀ːɾú/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[1]

Noun[edit]

ihooru class 5 (plural mahooru)

loneliness, solitude^[2]^[1]
feeling of sadness, apprehension, foreboding^[2]
Synonym: kĩeha

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “ihoru” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 165. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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