gĩtoero

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili kitoweo.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣè.tɔ̀ː.ɛ́.ɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
The penultimate o is pronounced long.[2]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.

Noun

gĩtoero class 7 (plural itoero)

  1. stew with potato, vegetable and sometimes meat

See also

References
  1. Hoorweg, Jan and Rudo Niemeijer (1980). "Preliminary studies on some aspects of Kikuyu food habits," p. 140. In Ecology of food and nutrition, 9, pp. 139–150.
  2. “gĩtoero” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 456. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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