"mpira" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chichewa]

IPA: /mˈpi.ɽa/ Forms: mipira [class-4, plural]
Head templates: {{ny-noun|mpira|3}} mpira class 3 (plural mipira class 4)
  1. rubber Tags: class-3
    Sense id: en-mpira-ny-noun-BYzpvZX1
  2. ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games) Tags: class-3
    Sense id: en-mpira-ny-noun-MEXbsaAO Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sports Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 3 75 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 33 8 13 3 33 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 37 4 15 2 37 4 Disambiguation of Sports: 0 100 0
  3. soccer (US), football (elsewhere) Tags: class-3
    Sense id: en-mpira-ny-noun-z8iW8oQZ

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-mpira.flac Forms: mpira class III [canonical], mipira class IV [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Common Bantu *mʊ̀pɪ̀dà (“rubber-tree; rubber”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sw|bnt-cmn|*mʊ̀pɪ̀dà||rubber-tree; rubber|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Common Bantu *mʊ̀pɪ̀dà (“rubber-tree; rubber”), {{inh+|sw|bnt-cmn|*mʊ̀pɪ̀dà|t=rubber-tree; rubber}} Inherited from Common Bantu *mʊ̀pɪ̀dà (“rubber-tree; rubber”) Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi|mipira}} mpira class III (plural mipira class IV)
  1. a kind of creeper plant that produces a rubber-like sap
    Sense id: en-mpira-sw-noun-igZBvb8y Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Plants Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 33 8 13 3 33 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 37 4 15 2 37 4 Disambiguation of Plants: 47 7 24 23
  2. rubber (material)
    Sense id: en-mpira-sw-noun-k~QVUdKx
  3. ball (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)
    Sense id: en-mpira-sw-noun-wTPevuz2 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Sports Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 33 8 13 3 33 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 37 4 15 2 37 4 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 28 2 55 15 Disambiguation of Sports: 41 0 59 0
  4. soccer (US), football (elsewhere)
    Sense id: en-mpira-sw-noun-z8iW8oQZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soka [soccer, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], mpira wa miguu [soccer, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], kandanda [soccer, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle]

Inflected forms

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  ],
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    }
  ],
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        }
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      "ipa": "/mˈpi.ɽa/"
    }
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    },
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      "form": "mipira class IV",
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        ],
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        ]
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          "ball"
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        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
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          "football",
          "football"
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        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "soka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        "soccer",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
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    },
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        "games",
        "sports",
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      "word": "kandanda"
    }
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  "word": "mpira"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mˈpi.ɽa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mpira"
}

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    },
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        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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    },
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        "soccer",
        "ball-games",
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        "sports",
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}

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