huko

See also: Huko

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hùkɔ̀ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

huko class 9/10 (plural huko)

1. mole rat
2. mole

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• ngoro itiumanĩire/itiumanĩrĩire ta marima ma huko

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

huko f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of huku

Anagrams

• hoku

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Adjective

huko

1. Ku class inflected form of hiyo.

Adverb

huko

1. there

Verb

huko

1. second-person singular negative present of -wako (“you are not (around there)”)