"ma" meaning in Kikuyu

See ma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /mǎꜜ/
  1. truly
    Sense id: en-ma-ki-adv-StcfZ8-O Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header, Kikuyu particles Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Kikuyu particles: 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mǎꜜ/
  1. truth
    Sense id: en-ma-ki-noun-xcS62J7k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

Head templates: {{head|ki|particle|head=ma}} ma
  1. (for class 6) of
    Sense id: en-ma-ki-particle-KDkdO8ZO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for ma meaning in Kikuyu (1.2kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Kikuyu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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