"mabele" meaning in All languages combined

See mabele on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From a Bantu language. Etymology templates: {{der|en|bnt}} Bantu Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mabele (uncountable)
  1. (South Africa) sorghum; Sorghum bicolor Tags: South-Africa, uncountable

Noun [Lingala]

Etymology: See Lingala libele. Head templates: {{head|ln|noun}} mabele
  1. milk
    Sense id: en-mabele-ln-noun-iCXnZTD4 Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Luba-Kasai]

Head templates: {{head|lua|noun}} mabele
  1. milk
    Sense id: en-mabele-lua-noun-iCXnZTD4 Categories (other): Luba-Kasai entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Luba-Katanga]

Head templates: {{head|lu|noun}} mabele
  1. milk
    Sense id: en-mabele-lu-noun-iCXnZTD4 Categories (other): Luba-Katanga entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Tswana]

Etymology: From Common Bantu *ìbèdé. Etymology templates: {{inh|tn|bnt-cmn|*ìbèdé}} Common Bantu *ìbèdé Head templates: {{head|tn|noun||{{{pl}}}||{{{pl2}}}|g=c6|g2=|head=}} mabele class 6, {{tn-noun|cl=6|sn=mabele}} mabele class 6
  1. sorghum Tags: class-6

Noun [Tumbuka]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *màbéèdè. Cognate with Chichewa maŵére and Yao (Africa) maŵele. Etymology templates: {{inh|tum|bnt-pro|*màbéèdè}} Proto-Bantu *màbéèdè, {{cog|ny|maŵére}} Chichewa maŵére, {{cog|yao|maŵele}} Yao (Africa) maŵele Head templates: {{head|tum|noun form|g=c6}} mabele class 6
  1. plural of bele Tags: class-6, form-of, plural Form of: bele
    Sense id: en-mabele-tum-noun--qiNLELw Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). 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.

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