kĩero

Hinde (1904) records kierru as an equivalent of English thigh in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /keɛ̀ɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, 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, huko, 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.^[2]

kĩero class 7 (plural ciero)

1. thigh^[3]

• kũgũrũ

(Idioms)

• mũtumia wa kĩero gĩtune

(Proverbs)

• kĩero nĩ ithare
• kĩero nĩ ũimbo

• gĩkere