"kua" meaning in Kikuyu

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Verb

IPA: /kua/ Forms: gũkua [infinitive]
Etymology: Hinde (1904) records kukua (or kuite) as equivalents of English die in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kugua as its equivalent. Etymology templates: {{cog|kam|kugua}} Kamba kugua Head templates: {{head|ki|verb|infinitive|gũkua}} kua (infinitive gũkua)
  1. to die
    Sense id: en-kua-ki-verb-L2Mli9fq
  2. to break into pieces, to fall into pieces Related terms (to break into pieces): gwatũka
    Sense id: en-kua-ki-verb-U7Sr~hmf Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of 'to break into pieces': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua Related terms: gĩkuũ [class-7], mũkuũ [class-1], -kuũ
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to die”",
      "word": "gũtũũra"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kugua"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba kugua",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kukua (or kuite) as equivalents of English die in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kugua as its equivalent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gũkua",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "gũkua"
      },
      "expansion": "kua (infinitive gũkua)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-7"
      ],
      "word": "gĩkuũ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "class-1"
      ],
      "word": "mũkuũ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-kuũ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to die"
      ],
      "id": "en-kua-ki-verb-L2Mli9fq",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to break into pieces, to fall into pieces"
      ],
      "id": "en-kua-ki-verb-U7Sr~hmf",
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "to break into pieces",
          "word": "gwatũka"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kua/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kua"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to die”",
      "word": "gũtũũra"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Kikuyu lemmas",
    "Kikuyu verbs",
    "Pages with 20 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong nouns",
    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kugua"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba kugua",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kukua (or kuite) as equivalents of English die in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba kugua as its equivalent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gũkua",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "gũkua"
      },
      "expansion": "kua (infinitive gũkua)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-7"
      ],
      "word": "gĩkuũ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-1"
      ],
      "word": "mũkuũ"
    },
    {
      "word": "-kuũ"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to break into pieces",
      "word": "gwatũka"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to die"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to break into pieces, to fall into pieces"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kua/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kua"
}

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