"dafu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-dafu.flac Forms: dafu class V [canonical], madafu class VI [plural]
Etymology: An old borrowing from an Indo-Aryan language; compare Hindi डाब (ḍāb) and Bengali ডাব (ḍabo). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|inc}} Indo-Aryan, {{cog|hi|डाब}} Hindi डाब (ḍāb), {{cog|bn|ডাব}} Bengali ডাব (ḍabo) Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} dafu class V (plural madafu class VI)
  1. young coconut, a coconut with water in it Related terms: nazi (english: mature coconut), mbata (english: old coconut), mnazi (english: coconut palm), koroma (english: ripening coconut)
    Sense id: en-dafu-sw-noun-o-4mWPBs Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Fruits

Inflected forms

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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "डाब"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi डाब (ḍāb)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bn",
        "2": "ডাব"
      },
      "expansion": "Bengali ডাব (ḍabo)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dafu class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "madafu class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "dafu class V (plural madafu class VI)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Fruits",
          "orig": "sw:Fruits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "young coconut, a coconut with water in it"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "coconut",
          "coconut"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "coconut water"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "mature coconut",
          "translation": "mature coconut",
          "word": "nazi"
        },
        {
          "english": "old coconut",
          "translation": "old coconut",
          "word": "mbata"
        },
        {
          "english": "coconut palm",
          "translation": "coconut palm",
          "word": "mnazi"
        },
        {
          "english": "ripening coconut",
          "translation": "ripening coconut",
          "word": "koroma"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "2": "डाब"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bn",
        "2": "ডাব"
      },
      "expansion": "Bengali ডাব (ḍabo)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An old borrowing from an Indo-Aryan language; compare Hindi डाब (ḍāb) and Bengali ডাব (ḍabo).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dafu class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "madafu class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "dafu class V (plural madafu class VI)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "mature coconut",
      "translation": "mature coconut",
      "word": "nazi"
    },
    {
      "english": "old coconut",
      "translation": "old coconut",
      "word": "mbata"
    },
    {
      "english": "coconut palm",
      "translation": "coconut palm",
      "word": "mnazi"
    },
    {
      "english": "ripening coconut",
      "translation": "ripening coconut",
      "word": "koroma"
    }
  ],
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class V nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms derived from Indo-Aryan languages",
        "sw:Fruits"
      ],
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      ],
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          "young"
        ],
        [
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          "coconut"
        ],
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          "coconut water"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "dafu"
}

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