"theka" meaning in Kikuyu

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "gutheka"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba gutheka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "cheka",
        "3": "kucheka"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili kucheka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kutheka as an equivalent of English laugh in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba gutheka and Swahili kucheka as its equivalents.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gũtheka",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "theka",
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "class-3"
          ],
          "word": "mũthekere"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "class-3"
          ],
          "word": "mũtheko"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "class-4"
          ],
          "word": "mĩtheko"
        },
        {
          "word": "gũthekerera"
        },
        {
          "word": "mũheenania ndathekaga"
        },
        {
          "word": "mũrĩa mori yake ndathekagwo"
        },
        {
          "word": "rũrĩ itara rũthekaga rũrĩ riko"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to laugh"
      ],
      "id": "en-theka-ki-verb-hAh7OITr",
      "links": [
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ðɛka/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theka"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-3"
      ],
      "word": "mũthekere"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-3"
      ],
      "word": "mũtheko"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "class-4"
      ],
      "word": "mĩtheko"
    },
    {
      "word": "gũthekerera"
    },
    {
      "word": "mũheenania ndathekaga"
    },
    {
      "word": "mũrĩa mori yake ndathekagwo"
    },
    {
      "word": "rũrĩ itara rũthekaga rũrĩ riko"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kam",
        "2": "gutheka"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamba gutheka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "cheka",
        "3": "kucheka"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili kucheka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Hinde (1904) records kutheka as an equivalent of English laugh in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba gutheka and Swahili kucheka as its equivalents.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gũtheka",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "theka",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Kikuyu lemmas",
        "Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Kikuyu verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to laugh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ðɛka/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theka"
}