"nyamũ ya thĩ" meaning in Kikuyu

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Noun

Forms: nyamũ cia thĩ [plural]
Etymology: Hinde (1904) records nyamayathi as an equivalent of English snake in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, and McGregor (1905) nyamuyathi for viper. Head templates: {{ki-noun|9|nyamũ cia thĩ|head=nyamũ ya thĩ}} nyamũ ya thĩ class 9 (plural nyamũ cia thĩ)
  1. lit. animal of the ground
    a certain species of snake; according to Hobley (1911:418) and Leakey (1977), it was the custom that the snake was treated with milk or fat poured out on the floor for drinking if the animal entered a hut and the snake was made to leave the hut lest the snake should be by any chance killed. Hobley also reports that Kikuyu people regarded the snake as incarnation of a spirit of the departed (ngoma).
    Tags: class-9 Categories (lifeform): Snakes
    Sense id: en-nyamũ_ya_thĩ-ki-noun-xQ8oOr~u Disambiguation of Snakes: 60 40 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. lit. animal of the ground
    (in general) snake
    Tags: class-9, usually
    Sense id: en-nyamũ_ya_thĩ-ki-noun-NHz-I8zO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nyamũ-ya-thĩ Related terms: nyoka
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  "forms": [
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    "Kikuyu lemmas",
    "Kikuyu multiword terms",
    "Kikuyu nouns",
    "Kikuyu terms with redundant head parameter",
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  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "noun",
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