thoko

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili soko.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ðɔ̀kɔ̀(ꜜ)/
  • As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

thoko 9 or 10 (plural thoko)

  1. market, marketplace
    Synonyms: ndũnyũ, kĩng'ang'a

See also

References
  1. “thoko” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 524. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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