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{ "derived": [ { "word": "gũthũũra ng'ombe nĩ gũthũũra kamũkwa kayo" }, { "word": "ndegwa nyinyi ĩhaicaga ng'ombe na mũtwe" }, { "word": "ng'ombe itionagwo nĩ ithayo" }, { "word": "ng'ombe yahithio njaũ ĩkamagĩrwo ikaya" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ki", "2": "bnt-pro", "3": "*ngòmbè" }, "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "kam", "2": "ng'ombe", "3": "ngombe" }, "expansion": "Kamba ngombe", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sw", "2": "ng'ombe", "3": "ngombe" }, "expansion": "Swahili ngombe", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Hinde (1904) records ngombe as an equivalent of English cow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngombe and Swahili ngombe as its equivalents.", "forms": [ { "form": "10", "tags": [ "canonical", "class-10", "class-9" ] }, { "form": "ng'ombe", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "9/10", "2": "ng'ombe" }, "expansion": "ng'ombe class 9/10 (plural ng'ombe)", "name": "ki-noun" } ], "hypernyms": [ { "word": "mahiũ" }, { "word": "indo" } ], "hyponyms": [ { "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "mori" }, { "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ndeegwa" }, { "word": "ndegwa" }, { "word": "ndume" }, { "sense": "child", "word": "njaũ" } ], "lang": "Kikuyu", "lang_code": "ki", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "tags": [ "class-7" ], "word": "kĩgombe" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Kikuyu class 10 nouns", "Kikuyu class 9 nouns", "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header", "Kikuyu lemmas", "Kikuyu nouns", "Kikuyu terms derived from Proto-Bantu", "Kikuyu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu", "Pages with 7 entries", "Pages with entries", "ki:Cattle" ], "examples": [ { "english": "my cow/ox", "text": "ng'ombe yakwa" }, { "english": "my cows/oxen", "text": "ng'ombe ciakwa" } ], "glosses": [ "cow or ox" ], "links": [ [ "cow", "cow" ], [ "ox", "ox" ] ], "tags": [ "class-10", "class-9" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ŋɔ̀ᵐbɛ̀(ꜜ)/" } ], "word": "ng'ombe" }
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