"mũthũa" meaning in Kikuyu

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      },
      "expansion": "Swahili mchwa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records muthua as an equivalent of English ant (white) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili mchwa as its equivalent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mĩthũa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3",
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      },
      "expansion": "mũthũa class 3 (plural mĩthũa)",
      "name": "ki-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ki",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "ki:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "class-3"
          ],
          "word": "mũrema-mũthũa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "termite, white ant"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "nguya"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-mũthũa-ki-noun-TzDoI~0I",
      "links": [
        [
          "termite",
          "termite"
        ],
        [
          "white ant",
          "white ant"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "class-7"
          ],
          "word": "gĩthũa"
        },
        {
          "word": "thigiriri"
        },
        {
          "word": "thuraku"
        }
      ],
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        "class-3"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mòðò(w)á/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mũthũa"
}

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    {
      "tags": [
        "class-3"
      ],
      "word": "mũrema-mũthũa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "mchwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili mchwa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records muthua as an equivalent of English ant (white) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili mchwa as its equivalent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mĩthũa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3",
        "2": "mĩthũa"
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  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "class-7"
      ],
      "word": "gĩthũa"
    },
    {
      "word": "thigiriri"
    },
    {
      "word": "thuraku"
    }
  ],
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        "Kikuyu nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ki:Insects"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "termite, white ant"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "nguya"
        }
      ],
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        [
          "termite",
          "termite"
        ],
        [
          "white ant",
          "white ant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mòðò(w)á/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mũthũa"
}