"rega" meaning in Kikuyu

See rega in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɾɛɣa/ Forms: kũrega [infinitive]
Etymology: Hinde (1904) records kurega as an equivalent of English refuse in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba gulea as its equivalent. Etymology templates: {{cog|kam|gulea}} Kamba gulea Head templates: {{head|ki|verb|infinitive|kũrega}} rega (infinitive kũrega)
  1. to refuse Derived forms: mũrega akĩĩrwo ndaregaga akĩhetwo, mũ(ũ)ragwo tũhũ ndaregagwo nĩ hiti Related terms: kũima
    Sense id: en-rega-ki-verb-R9KotZIr Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "gulea"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba gulea",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kurega as an equivalent of English refuse in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba gulea as its equivalent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kũrega",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kũrega"
      },
      "expansion": "rega (infinitive kũrega)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "mũrega akĩĩrwo ndaregaga akĩhetwo"
        },
        {
          "word": "mũ(ũ)ragwo tũhũ ndaregagwo nĩ hiti"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refuse"
      ],
      "id": "en-rega-ki-verb-R9KotZIr",
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kũima"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾɛɣa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rega"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mũrega akĩĩrwo ndaregaga akĩhetwo"
    },
    {
      "word": "mũ(ũ)ragwo tũhũ ndaregagwo nĩ hiti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "gulea"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba gulea",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kurega as an equivalent of English refuse in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba gulea as its equivalent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kũrega",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "infinitive",
        "4": "kũrega"
      },
      "expansion": "rega (infinitive kũrega)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kũima"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Kikuyu lemmas",
        "Kikuyu verbs",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refuse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾɛɣa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rega"
}

Download raw JSONL data for rega meaning in Kikuyu (1.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Kikuyu dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.