"kitu kidogo" meaning in All languages combined

See kitu kidogo on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-kitu kidogo.flac Forms: kitu kidogo class VII [canonical], vitu vidogo class VIII [plural]
Etymology: From kitu (“thing”) + kidogo (“little”). Etymology templates: {{compound|sw|kitu|kidogo|gloss1=thing|gloss2=little}} kitu (“thing”) + kidogo (“little”) Head templates: {{sw-noun|ki|vitu vidogo}} kitu kidogo class VII (plural vitu vidogo class VIII)
  1. a little something
    Sense id: en-kitu_kidogo-sw-noun-WHqQ-3dE Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. (Kenya) a bribe Tags: Kenya Categories (topical): Corruption Synonyms: rushwa, hongo, chai [Kenya]
    Sense id: en-kitu_kidogo-sw-noun-0SVTk7~7 Disambiguation of Corruption: 8 92 Categories (other): Kenyan Swahili

Inflected forms

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