Kikuyu

`mwigio'



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<!DOCTYPE Lexeme SYSTEM "lexicon-v0.1.dtd">

<Lexeme id="L1">
   <Head>
       <Affix type="prefix">
           <OrthographicForm>mw</OrthographicForm>
       </Affix>
       <Headword>
           <OrthographicForm>igio</OrthographicForm>
       </Headword>
       <Variant type="phonological">mi-</Variant>
   </Head>
   <Body>
       <Pron id="P1">
           <Phon type="other">[mwigiyo]</Phon>
       </Pron>
       <MSI id="M1">
	   <POS type="noun">
	       <Feature name="type">plain</Feature>
	   </POS>
	   <Comment>III</Comment>
       </MSI>
       <Sense id="S1">
	   <Gloss>
	       <OrthographicForm>physical or mental struggle ...</OrthographicForm>
	   </Gloss>
	   <Aux id="A1">
	       <CrossRef type="synonym" entry="iringiriria" />
	   </Aux>
       </Sense>
       <Aux id="A2">
	   <Comment>[gia]</Comment>
       </Aux>
   </Body>
</Lexeme>

Source: Benson, T. G. Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1964.

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