"mchele" meaning in All languages combined

See mchele on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-mchele.flac Forms: mchele class III [canonical], michele class IV [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from Indo-Aryan. Compare Bengali চাউল (caul), Hindi चावल (cāval). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|inc}} Indo-Aryan, {{cog|bn|চাউল}} Bengali চাউল (caul), {{cog|hi|चावल}} Hindi चावल (cāval) Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} mchele class III (plural michele class IV)
  1. dehusked, uncooked rice Categories (topical): Foods Related terms (Cereals): nafaka
    Sense id: en-mchele-sw-noun-3LJlj9pF Disambiguation of Foods: 84 16 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'Cereals': 94 6
  2. (slang, Kenya) roofie (a drug used to make someone drowsy or disoriented) Tags: Kenya, slang
    Sense id: en-mchele-sw-noun-A9~PN5si Categories (other): Kenyan Swahili
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mpunga (english: raw unhusked rice), wali (english: cooked rice), shayiri (english: barley), mahindi (english: maize), ulezi (english: millet), oti (english: oats), mpunga (english: unhusked rice), ngano nyekundu (english: rye), mtama (english: sorghum), ngano [edit] (english: wheat)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Indo-Aryan. Compare Bengali চাউল (caul), Hindi चावल (cāval).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mchele class III",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "michele class IV",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "english": "raw unhusked rice",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "barley",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "millet",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "oats",
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "english": "raw unhusked rice",
      "word": "mpunga"
    },
    {
      "english": "cooked rice",
      "word": "wali"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Cereals",
      "word": "nafaka"
    },
    {
      "english": "barley",
      "word": "shayiri"
    },
    {
      "english": "maize",
      "word": "mahindi"
    },
    {
      "english": "millet",
      "word": "ulezi"
    },
    {
      "english": "oats",
      "word": "oti"
    },
    {
      "english": "unhusked rice",
      "word": "mpunga"
    },
    {
      "english": "rye",
      "word": "ngano nyekundu"
    },
    {
      "english": "sorghum",
      "word": "mtama"
    },
    {
      "english": "wheat",
      "word": "ngano [edit]"
    }
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