"kiatu" meaning in All languages combined

See kiatu on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

IPA: /kiˈɑ.tu/ (note: Unguja standard) Audio: Sw-ke-kiatu.flac [Kenya] Forms: viatu [class-viii, plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|vi}} kiatu class VII (plural viatu class VIII)
  1. sandal, shoe Tags: class-vii Derived forms: dawa ya viatu (english: shoe polish)
    Sense id: en-kiatu-sw-noun-Dd8ptSGF Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Footwear

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "viatu",
      "tags": [
        "class-viii",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "kiatu class VII (plural viatu class VIII)",
      "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": "Footwear",
          "orig": "sw:Footwear",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "shoe polish",
          "translation": "shoe polish",
          "word": "dawa ya viatu"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sandal, shoe"
      ],
      "id": "en-kiatu-sw-noun-Dd8ptSGF",
      "links": [
        [
          "sandal",
          "sandal"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-vii"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kiˈɑ.tu/",
      "note": "Unguja standard"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kiatu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/Sw-ke-kiatu.flac/Sw-ke-kiatu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/Sw-ke-kiatu.flac/Sw-ke-kiatu.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiatu"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "shoe polish",
      "translation": "shoe polish",
      "word": "dawa ya viatu"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "viatu",
      "tags": [
        "class-viii",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "kiatu class VII (plural viatu class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class VII nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "sw:Footwear"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sandal, shoe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sandal",
          "sandal"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-vii"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kiˈɑ.tu/",
      "note": "Unguja standard"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kiatu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/Sw-ke-kiatu.flac/Sw-ke-kiatu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/Sw-ke-kiatu.flac/Sw-ke-kiatu.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiatu"
}

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