"kĩndũ" meaning in Kikuyu

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Noun

IPA: /kèⁿdò(ꜜ)/ Forms: indo [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀. Hinde (1904) records kiindu as an equivalent of English thing and anything in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kiindu (“anything”), kiindu (“thing”) (“Ulu dialect”; spoken then from Machakos to coastal area), kinduki (“thing”) (“Nganyawa dialect”; spoken then in Kitui District) and Swahili kitu as its equivalents. Etymology templates: {{inh|ki|bnt-pro|*kɪ̀ntʊ̀}} Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀, {{cog|kam|kiindu||anything}} Kamba kiindu (“anything”), {{cog|sw|kitu}} Swahili kitu Head templates: {{ki-noun|7|indo}} kĩndũ class 7 (plural indo)
  1. thing Tags: class-7
    Sense id: en-kĩndũ-ki-noun-XelNaRrj Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33
  2. (in the plural) property Tags: class-7, in-plural
    Sense id: en-kĩndũ-ki-noun-~JGEE0rl Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33
  3. (in the plural) livestock Tags: class-7, in-plural Categories (lifeform): Livestock Synonyms: mahiũ
    Sense id: en-kĩndũ-ki-noun-~GAhry1O Disambiguation of Livestock: 19 19 62 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tũindo [class-13], ũindo [class-14] Related terms: handũ class 16, kũndũ class 15b, kandũ [class-12], mũndũ class 1 [class-2], andũ [class-2], ũndũ class 14 [class-6], maũndũ [class-6]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-13"
      ],
      "word": "tũindo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-14"
      ],
      "word": "ũindo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*kɪ̀ntʊ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kiindu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "anything"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba kiindu (“anything”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "kitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili kitu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀. Hinde (1904) records kiindu as an equivalent of English thing and anything in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kiindu (“anything”), kiindu (“thing”) (“Ulu dialect”; spoken then from Machakos to coastal area), kinduki (“thing”) (“Nganyawa dialect”; spoken then in Kitui District) and Swahili kitu as its equivalents.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "indo",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "7",
        "2": "indo"
      },
      "expansion": "kĩndũ class 7 (plural indo)",
      "name": "ki-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "handũ class 16"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kũndũ class 15b"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-12"
      ],
      "word": "kandũ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "mũndũ class 1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "andũ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "ũndũ class 14"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "maũndũ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-kĩndũ-ki-noun-XelNaRrj",
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-7"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "property"
      ],
      "id": "en-kĩndũ-ki-noun-~JGEE0rl",
      "links": [
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) property"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 62",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ki",
          "name": "Livestock",
          "orig": "ki:Livestock",
          "parents": [
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "livestock"
      ],
      "id": "en-kĩndũ-ki-noun-~GAhry1O",
      "links": [
        [
          "livestock",
          "livestock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) livestock"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mahiũ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kèⁿdò(ꜜ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kĩndũ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Kikuyu class 7 nouns",
    "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Kikuyu lemmas",
    "Kikuyu nouns",
    "Kikuyu terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Kikuyu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ki:Livestock"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-13"
      ],
      "word": "tũindo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-14"
      ],
      "word": "ũindo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*kɪ̀ntʊ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kiindu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "anything"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba kiindu (“anything”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "kitu"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili kitu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀. Hinde (1904) records kiindu as an equivalent of English thing and anything in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kiindu (“anything”), kiindu (“thing”) (“Ulu dialect”; spoken then from Machakos to coastal area), kinduki (“thing”) (“Nganyawa dialect”; spoken then in Kitui District) and Swahili kitu as its equivalents.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "indo",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "7",
        "2": "indo"
      },
      "expansion": "kĩndũ class 7 (plural indo)",
      "name": "ki-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "handũ class 16"
    },
    {
      "word": "kũndũ class 15b"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-12"
      ],
      "word": "kandũ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "mũndũ class 1"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-2"
      ],
      "word": "andũ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "ũndũ class 14"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-6"
      ],
      "word": "maũndũ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-7"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "property"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) property"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "livestock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "livestock",
          "livestock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) livestock"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mahiũ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kèⁿdò(ꜜ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kĩndũ"
}

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