"mata" meaning in Kikuyu

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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spittle"
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      "expansion": "spittle",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "matta"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba matta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "utta"
      },
      "expansion": "utta",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "mate"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili mate",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *màtáì. Hinde (1904) records mata as an equivalent of English spittle in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba matta, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba utta and Swahili mate as its equivalents.",
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      "expansion": "mata class 6",
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  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ki",
          "name": "Bodily fluids",
          "orig": "ki:Bodily fluids",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Liquids",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Matter",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "kanua",
          "word": "karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga"
        }
      ],
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        "saliva"
      ],
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          "saliva",
          "saliva"
        ]
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          "word": "rũta"
        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mata/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mata"
}

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    "yog:Organs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kanua",
      "word": "karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "matta"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba matta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "utta"
      },
      "expansion": "utta",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "mate"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili mate",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *màtáì. Hinde (1904) records mata as an equivalent of English spittle in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba matta, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba utta and Swahili mate as its equivalents.",
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      },
      "expansion": "mata class 6",
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  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "class-11"
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      "word": "rũta"
    }
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        "saliva"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mata/"
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  "word": "mata"
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