"mlungula" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-mlungula.flac [Kenya] Forms: milungula [class-iv, plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} mlungula class III (plural milungula class IV)
  1. bribe, kickback Tags: class-iii Synonyms: rushwa, hongo, chai [Kenya], kitu kidogo [Kenya], mlungula, kadhongo, chauchau, chichiri, chirimiri
    Sense id: en-mlungula-sw-noun-wd7KCuVR Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Corruption

Inflected forms

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      "form": "milungula",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Corruption",
          "orig": "sw:Corruption",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "bribe, kickback"
      ],
      "id": "en-mlungula-sw-noun-wd7KCuVR",
      "links": [
        [
          "bribe",
          "bribe"
        ],
        [
          "kickback",
          "kickback"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "rushwa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "hongo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "tags": [
            "Kenya"
          ],
          "word": "chai"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "tags": [
            "Kenya"
          ],
          "word": "kitu kidogo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "mlungula"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "kadhongo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "chauchau"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "chichiri"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "chirimiri"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-iii"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mlungula"
}
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    {
      "form": "milungula",
      "tags": [
        "class-iv",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class III nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "sw:Corruption"
      ],
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        "bribe, kickback"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "kickback",
          "kickback"
        ]
      ],
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          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "rushwa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "hongo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "tags": [
            "Kenya"
          ],
          "word": "chai"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "tags": [
            "Kenya"
          ],
          "word": "kitu kidogo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "mlungula"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "kadhongo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "chauchau"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "chichiri"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rushwa",
          "word": "chirimiri"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-iii"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "mlungula"
}

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