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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ki", "2": "sw", "3": "paka" }, "expansion": "Swahili paka", "name": "bor" }, { "args": { "1": "kam", "2": "mbaka" }, "expansion": "Kamba mbaka", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sw", "2": "paka" }, "expansion": "Swahili paka", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Swahili paka.\nHinde (1904) records nempaka as an equivalent of English cat in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mbaka and Swahili paka as its equivalents.", "forms": [ { "form": "10", "tags": [ "canonical", "class-10", "class-9" ] }, { "form": "mbaka", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "9/10", "2": "mbaka" }, "expansion": "mbaka class 9/10 (plural mbaka)", "name": "ki-noun" } ], "lang": "Kikuyu", "lang_code": "ki", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "ki", "name": "Felids", "orig": "ki:Felids", "parents": [ "Carnivores", "Mammals", "Vertebrates", "Chordates", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "cat" ], "id": "en-mbaka-ki-noun-d693i1Gr", "links": [ [ "cat", "cat" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "alt": "ka", "word": "nyau" } ], "tags": [ "class-10", "class-9" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ᵐbàkáꜜ/" } ], "word": "mbaka" }
{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ki", "2": "sw", "3": "paka" }, "expansion": "Swahili paka", "name": "bor" }, { "args": { "1": "kam", "2": "mbaka" }, "expansion": "Kamba mbaka", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sw", "2": "paka" }, "expansion": "Swahili paka", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Swahili paka.\nHinde (1904) records nempaka as an equivalent of English cat in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mbaka and Swahili paka as its equivalents.", "forms": [ { "form": "10", "tags": [ "canonical", "class-10", "class-9" ] }, { "form": "mbaka", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "9/10", "2": "mbaka" }, "expansion": "mbaka class 9/10 (plural mbaka)", "name": "ki-noun" } ], "lang": "Kikuyu", "lang_code": "ki", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Kikuyu class 10 nouns", "Kikuyu class 9 nouns", "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header", "Kikuyu lemmas", "Kikuyu nouns", "Kikuyu terms borrowed from Swahili", "Kikuyu terms derived from Swahili", "Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation", "ki:Felids" ], "glosses": [ "cat" ], "links": [ [ "cat", "cat" ] ], "tags": [ "class-10", "class-9" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ᵐbàkáꜜ/" } ], "synonyms": [ { "alt": "ka", "word": "nyau" } ], "word": "mbaka" }
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