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{ "categories": [ "Kikuyu class 3 nouns", "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header", "Kikuyu lemmas", "Kikuyu nouns", "Pages with 2 entries", "Pages with entries", "ki:Celestial bodies", "ki:Menstruation", "ki:Time" ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "kam", "2": "mwei", "3": "", "4": "moon" }, "expansion": "Kamba mwei (“moon”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sw", "2": "mwezi", "3": "", "4": "moon, month" }, "expansion": "Swahili mwezi (“moon, month”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records mweri “moon, month” and mweli “month” as equivalents of English moon and month in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba mwei (“moon”) and Swahili mwezi (“moon, month”) (pl. miezi, only in the sense “month”) as their equivalents.", "forms": [ { "form": "mĩeri", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "3" }, "expansion": "mweri class 3 (plural mĩeri)", "name": "ki-noun" } ], "lang": "Kikuyu", "lang_code": "ki", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "sense": "month", "word": "mũthenya < kiumia < mweri < mwaka" } ], "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "moon" ], "links": [ [ "moon", "moon" ] ], "tags": [ "class-3" ] }, { "glosses": [ "month" ], "links": [ [ "month", "month" ] ], "tags": [ "class-3" ] }, { "glosses": [ "menstruation" ], "links": [ [ "menstruation", "menstruation" ] ], "tags": [ "class-3" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/moɛ̀ɾíꜜ/" } ], "word": "mweri" }
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