"mweri" meaning in Kikuyu

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Noun

IPA: /moɛ̀ɾíꜜ/ Forms: mĩeri [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|moon}} moon, {{m|en|month}} month, {{cog|kam|mwei||moon}} Kamba mwei (“moon”), {{cog|sw|mwezi||moon, month}} Swahili mwezi (“moon, month”) Head templates: {{ki-noun|3}} mweri class 3 (plural mĩeri)
  1. moon Tags: class-3 Categories (topical): Celestial bodies
    Sense id: en-mweri-ki-noun-nni0PqAO Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 33 33 33 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  2. month Tags: class-3 Categories (topical): Celestial bodies Related terms (month): mũthenya < kiumia < mweri < mwaka
    Sense id: en-mweri-ki-noun-pcfRcZ4o Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 33 33 33 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of 'month': 0 100 0
  3. menstruation Tags: class-3 Categories (topical): Celestial bodies, Menstruation
    Sense id: en-mweri-ki-noun-O66mEZld Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Menstruation: 6 6 89 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0

Download JSON data for mweri meaning in Kikuyu (3.2kB)

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      "ipa": "/moɛ̀ɾíꜜ/"
    }
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      "ipa": "/moɛ̀ɾíꜜ/"
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