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From Proto-Bantu *njókà.

• IPA(key): /ɲɔ̀káꜜ/

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]

nyoka class 9/10 (plural **nyoka)

1. snake

• nyamũ ya thĩ

1. ^ 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.

• “nyoka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 349. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Borrowed from Swahili nyoka.

nyoka class 9 (plural **nyoka class 10, colloquial plural banyoka class 2)

1. snake

nyoka

1. snake

nyoka

1. snake

From Proto-Bantu *njókà.

nyoka class 9 (plural **nyoka)

1. snake

From Proto-Bantu *njókà.

nyóká class 9 (plural **nyóká class 10)

1. snake

nyoka

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *njókà.

• IPA(key): /ˈɲɔ.kɑ/

• Audio (Democratic Republic of the Congo, non-native speaker):	(file)

nyoka class IX (plural **nyoka class X)

1. snake
2. worm

• joka (“serpent”)
• (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) (Category: sw:Chinese zodiac signs) [edit]

From Proto-Bantu *njókà.

nyoka class 9 (plural tinyoka class 10)

1. snake

• → Portuguese: nhoca

From Proto-Bantu *njókà.

nyoka

1. snake