ndemwa in All languages combined

IPA: /ⁿdɛ́moáꜜ/ Forms: 10 [canonical, class-10, class-9], ndemwa [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From gũtema (“to cut (with a knife)”). Hinde (1904) records mdemua as an equivalent of English tattoo in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. Etymology templates: {{m|ki|tema|gũtema|to cut (with a knife)}} gũtema (“to cut (with a knife)”), {{m|en|tattoo}} tattoo Head templates: {{ki-noun|9/10|ndemwa}} ndemwa class 9/10 (plural ndemwa)

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      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "tema",
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        "4": "to cut (with a knife)"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tattoo"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ndemwa",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ndemwa"
      },
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    }
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gũtemwo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "mwandĩko"
    }
  ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "tattoo"
      ],
      "id": "en-ndemwa-ki-noun-pMcdBDvH",
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          "tattoo"
        ]
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        "class-9"
      ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ⁿdɛ́moáꜜ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ndemwa"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Kikuyu class 10 nouns",
    "Kikuyu class 9 nouns",
    "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Kikuyu lemmas",
    "Kikuyu nouns",
    "Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "tema",
        "3": "gũtema",
        "4": "to cut (with a knife)"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "tattoo"
      },
      "expansion": "tattoo",
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    }
  ],
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        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ndemwa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "9/10",
        "2": "ndemwa"
      },
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      "name": "ki-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "class-1"
      ],
      "word": "mũtemi"
    },
    {
      "word": "gũtemwo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "mwandĩko"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tattoo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tattoo",
          "tattoo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "letter (of alphabet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
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        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ⁿdɛ́moáꜜ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ndemwa"
}

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"ndemwa" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [Kikuyu]