kĩhara

See also: kihara

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kèhàɾáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

(Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[1]

Noun

kĩhara class 7 (plural ihara)

bald patch, baldness, bald pate[2]

Related terms

(Nouns)

rũhara class 11

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.
“kĩhara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 142. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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