"ngobo" meaning in Kikuyu

See ngobo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ᵑɡɔ́βɔ́ꜜ/ Forms: 10 [canonical, class-10, class-9], ngobo [plural]
Head templates: {{ki-noun|9/10|ngobo}} ngobo class 9/10 (plural ngobo)
  1. seed(s) of wild banana (Ensete ventricosum); formerly used for making special beads for ceremonial purposes. Tags: class-10, class-9 Hypernyms: mbegũ Holonyms: ihĩndu
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "10",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngobo",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "9/10",
        "2": "ngobo"
      },
      "expansion": "ngobo class 9/10 (plural ngobo)",
      "name": "ki-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ki",
          "name": "Zingiberales order plants",
          "orig": "ki:Zingiberales order plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seed(s) of wild banana (Ensete ventricosum); formerly used for making special beads for ceremonial purposes."
      ],
      "holonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ihĩndu"
        }
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "mbegũ"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-ngobo-ki-noun-BPFQdtbz",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ensete ventricosum",
          "Ensete ventricosum#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "beads",
          "beads"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡɔ́βɔ́ꜜ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngobo"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "10",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngobo",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "9/10",
        "2": "ngobo"
      },
      "expansion": "ngobo class 9/10 (plural ngobo)",
      "name": "ki-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Kikuyu class 10 nouns",
        "Kikuyu class 9 nouns",
        "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Kikuyu lemmas",
        "Kikuyu nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ki:Zingiberales order plants"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seed(s) of wild banana (Ensete ventricosum); formerly used for making special beads for ceremonial purposes."
      ],
      "holonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ihĩndu"
        }
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "mbegũ"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ensete ventricosum",
          "Ensete ventricosum#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "beads",
          "beads"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡɔ́βɔ́ꜜ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngobo"
}

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