See nyau on Wiktionary
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Download raw JSONL data for nyau meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)
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"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Kikuyu: 'nyau class 9/10 （augmentative kĩnyau', originally 'nyau class 9/10 （augmentative kĩnyau'",
"path": [
"nyau"
],
"section": "Kikuyu",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "nyau",
"trace": ""
}
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