"menya" meaning in Kikuyu

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Verb

IPA: /mɛɲa/ Forms: kũmenya [infinitive]
Etymology: Hinde (1904) records kumenya as an equivalent of English know in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kumanya as its equivalent. Etymology templates: {{cog|kam|kumanya}} Kamba kumanya Head templates: {{head|ki|verb|infinitive|kũmenya}} menya (infinitive kũmenya)
  1. to know Synonyms: ũĩ Derived forms: kũmenyera, gĩtoĩ kĩmenyaga kĩerwo, mũciĩ ũmenyagwo nĩ mũraari ti mũroki
    Sense id: en-menya-ki-verb-Vk7G5aRj Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
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      },
      "expansion": "Kamba kumanya",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kumenya as an equivalent of English know in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kumanya as its equivalent.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
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        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kũmenyera"
        },
        {
          "word": "gĩtoĩ kĩmenyaga kĩerwo"
        },
        {
          "word": "mũciĩ ũmenyagwo nĩ mũraari ti mũroki"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I do not know",
          "text": "ndiramenya",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ũĩ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛɲa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menya"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kũmenyera"
    },
    {
      "word": "gĩtoĩ kĩmenyaga kĩerwo"
    },
    {
      "word": "mũciĩ ũmenyagwo nĩ mũraari ti mũroki"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "kumanya"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba kumanya",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kumenya as an equivalent of English know in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kumanya as its equivalent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kũmenya",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
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  "lang_code": "ki",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "I do not know",
          "text": "ndiramenya",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to know"
      ],
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        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛɲa/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ũĩ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menya"
}

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