See mchongo on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": ":af",
"3": "m-<id:class 3 noun>",
"4": "chonga<t:to carve><alt:-chonga>",
"5": "-o<id:nominal>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From m- + -chonga (“to carve”) + -o.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From m- + -chonga (“to carve”) + -o.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "michongo",
"tags": [
"class-iv",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi"
},
"expansion": "mchongo class III (plural michongo class IV)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "40 60",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 60",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 80",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 83",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 86",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 86",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 83",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 83",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 93",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 71",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili terms prefixed with m- (class 3 noun)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 81",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili terms suffixed with -o (nominal)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"carving"
],
"id": "en-mchongo-sw-noun-EXtAXuqD",
"links": [
[
"carving",
"carving"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-iii"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-mchongo.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
]
}
],
"word": "mchongo"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": ":af",
"3": "m-<id:class 3 noun>",
"4": "chonga<t:to carve><alt:-chonga>",
"5": "-o<id:nominal>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From m- + -chonga (“to carve”) + -o.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From m- + -chonga (“to carve”) + -o.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-a mchongo",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "invariable",
"cat2": "indeclinable adjectives",
"head": "-a mchongo"
},
"expansion": "-a mchongo (invariable)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "inv",
"2": "a"
},
"expansion": "-a mchongo (invariable)",
"name": "sw-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
19
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "'Fake' doctor found after 43 years",
"ref": "2024 February 10, “Daktari wa 'mchongo' agunduliwa baada ya miaka 43”, in BBC News Swahili:",
"text": "Daktari wa 'mchongo' agunduliwa baada ya miaka 43",
"translation": "'Fake' doctor found after 43 years",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fake, fabricated, fraudulent, counterfeit"
],
"id": "en-mchongo-sw-adj-4~WVxvwA",
"links": [
[
"fake",
"fake"
],
[
"fabricated",
"fabricated"
],
[
"fraudulent",
"fraudulent"
],
[
"counterfeit",
"counterfeit"
]
],
"tags": [
"invariable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-mchongo.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
]
}
],
"word": "mchongo"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Swahili adjectives",
"Swahili class III nouns",
"Swahili entries referencing missing etymons",
"Swahili entries with etymology texts",
"Swahili entries with etymology trees",
"Swahili entries with etymon",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili indeclinable adjectives",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms prefixed with m- (class 3 noun)",
"Swahili terms suffixed with -o (nominal)"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": ":af",
"3": "m-<id:class 3 noun>",
"4": "chonga<t:to carve><alt:-chonga>",
"5": "-o<id:nominal>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From m- + -chonga (“to carve”) + -o.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From m- + -chonga (“to carve”) + -o.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "michongo",
"tags": [
"class-iv",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi"
},
"expansion": "mchongo class III (plural michongo class IV)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"carving"
],
"links": [
[
"carving",
"carving"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-iii"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-mchongo.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
]
}
],
"word": "mchongo"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Swahili adjectives",
"Swahili class III nouns",
"Swahili entries referencing missing etymons",
"Swahili entries with etymology texts",
"Swahili entries with etymology trees",
"Swahili entries with etymon",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili indeclinable adjectives",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms prefixed with m- (class 3 noun)",
"Swahili terms suffixed with -o (nominal)"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": ":af",
"3": "m-<id:class 3 noun>",
"4": "chonga<t:to carve><alt:-chonga>",
"5": "-o<id:nominal>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From m- + -chonga (“to carve”) + -o.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From m- + -chonga (“to carve”) + -o.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-a mchongo",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "invariable",
"cat2": "indeclinable adjectives",
"head": "-a mchongo"
},
"expansion": "-a mchongo (invariable)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "inv",
"2": "a"
},
"expansion": "-a mchongo (invariable)",
"name": "sw-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swahili terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
19
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "'Fake' doctor found after 43 years",
"ref": "2024 February 10, “Daktari wa 'mchongo' agunduliwa baada ya miaka 43”, in BBC News Swahili:",
"text": "Daktari wa 'mchongo' agunduliwa baada ya miaka 43",
"translation": "'Fake' doctor found after 43 years",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fake, fabricated, fraudulent, counterfeit"
],
"links": [
[
"fake",
"fake"
],
[
"fabricated",
"fabricated"
],
[
"fraudulent",
"fraudulent"
],
[
"counterfeit",
"counterfeit"
]
],
"tags": [
"invariable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-mchongo.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac/Sw-ke-mchongo.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
]
}
],
"word": "mchongo"
}
Download raw JSONL data for mchongo meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). 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.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.