"ikai" meaning in Kikuyu

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Noun

IPA: /ikai/ Forms: makai [plural]
Etymology: Hinde (1904) records ikaii (pl. makaii) as an equivalent of English cheek in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cheek}} cheek Head templates: {{ki-noun|5}} ikai class 5 (plural makai)
  1. cheek Tags: class-5 Categories (topical): Face Synonyms: rũthĩa Holonyms (cheek): ũthiũ
    Sense id: en-ikai-ki-noun-NUmyogXm Disambiguation of Face: 92 8 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'cheek': 99 1
  2. mouthful Tags: class-5
    Sense id: en-ikai-ki-noun-RXOgeUCP Categories (other): Kikuyu links with redundant target parameters, Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Download JSON data for ikai meaning in Kikuyu (1.7kB)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cheek"
      },
      "expansion": "cheek",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records ikaii (pl. makaii) as an equivalent of English cheek in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makai",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "5"
      },
      "expansion": "ikai class 5 (plural makai)",
      "name": "ki-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ki",
          "name": "Face",
          "orig": "ki:Face",
          "parents": [
            "Head and neck",
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cheek"
      ],
      "holonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "sense": "cheek",
          "word": "ũthiũ"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-ikai-ki-noun-NUmyogXm",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheek",
          "cheek"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rũthĩa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a mouthful of meat is not of potatoes",
          "text": "ikai rĩa nyama ti rĩa ngwacĩ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mouthful"
      ],
      "id": "en-ikai-ki-noun-RXOgeUCP",
      "links": [
        [
          "mouthful",
          "mouthful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ikai/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ikai"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Kikuyu class 5 nouns",
    "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Kikuyu lemmas",
    "Kikuyu nouns",
    "Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ki:Face"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cheek"
      },
      "expansion": "cheek",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records ikaii (pl. makaii) as an equivalent of English cheek in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makai",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "5"
      },
      "expansion": "ikai class 5 (plural makai)",
      "name": "ki-noun"
    }
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  "holonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "cheek",
      "word": "ũthiũ"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cheek"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheek",
          "cheek"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rũthĩa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Kikuyu links with redundant target parameters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a mouthful of meat is not of potatoes",
          "text": "ikai rĩa nyama ti rĩa ngwacĩ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mouthful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mouthful",
          "mouthful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ikai/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ikai"
}

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