"-ki-" meaning in Swahili

See -ki- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Infix

Audio: Sw-ke-ki.flac
Head templates: {{head|sw|infix}} -ki- Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], niki- [first-person, singular], tuki- [first-person, plural], uki- [second-person, singular], mki- [plural, second-person], aki- [class-1, class-2, singular, third-person], waki- [class-1, class-2, plural, third-person], uki- [class-3, class-4, singular, third-person], iki- [class-3, class-4, plural, third-person], liki- [class-5, class-6, singular, third-person], yaki- [class-5, class-6, plural, third-person], kiki- [class-7, class-8, singular, third-person], viki- [class-7, class-8, plural, third-person], iki- [class-10, class-9, singular, third-person], ziki- [class-10, class-9, plural, third-person], uki- [class-11, singular, third-person], kuki- [class-15, class-17, singular, third-person], paki- [class-16, singular, third-person], mki- [class-18, singular, third-person]
  1. (in second verb in a series) while, simultaneity marker Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ki--sw-infix-yw2R0mhW Categories (other): Swahili infixes Disambiguation of Swahili infixes: 22 30 22 25
  2. (in second verb in a series) while, simultaneity marker
    (after -wa) continuous aspect marker     Tags: morpheme Related terms (Initial; Habitual): hu-1
    Sense id: en--ki--sw-infix-JA0NFefH Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili infixes Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 49 31 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 50 32 15 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 3 48 32 16 Disambiguation of Swahili infixes: 22 30 22 25 Disambiguation of 'Initial; Habitual': 5 54 41
  3. when, if, conditional mood marker Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ki--sw-infix-Yy-cokub Categories (other): Swahili infixes Disambiguation of Swahili infixes: 22 30 22 25 Related terms (Final; Positive subjunctive): -e Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional): -ngali- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional): -singali- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional): -ngali- Related terms (Initial; Negative infinitive): kuto- Related terms (Initial; Positive infinitive): ku-, kw-1 Related terms (Relative; Future): -taka- Related terms (Relative; Negative): -si- Related terms (Relative; Past): -li- Related terms (Relative; Present): -na- Disambiguation of 'Final; Positive subjunctive': 4 42 54 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional': 7 26 67 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional': 7 26 67 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional': 7 26 67 Disambiguation of 'Initial; Negative infinitive': 8 39 52 Disambiguation of 'Initial; Positive infinitive': 8 39 52 Disambiguation of 'Relative; Future': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Relative; Negative': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Relative; Past': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Relative; Present': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Related terms (Final): Negative present [-i] Related terms (Final; General (positive indicative)): -a Related terms (Final; Second person plural): -ni Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord): -ja-1 (english: Not yet) Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future): -ta- Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past): -ku-1 Related terms (Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional): -nge- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord): -a-1, past: -lisha- (english: Already), present: -mesha- (english: Already), -sha- (english: Already), -ki-1 (english: If/When), -sipo- (english: If not) Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive): -ka-1 Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional): -singe- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive): -si-1 Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect): -me- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future): -ta- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past): -li- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present): -na- Related terms (Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional): -nge- Related terms (Initial): ka-1 Disambiguation of 'Final': 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Final; General (positive indicative)': 5 50 46 Disambiguation of 'Final; Second person plural': 4 53 43 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord': 15 45 40 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future': 15 45 40 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past': 15 45 40 Disambiguation of 'Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional': 4 45 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord': 15 45 40 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive': 15 46 39 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional': 4 45 52 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive': 14 40 47 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect': 15 45 40 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future': 15 45 40 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past': 15 45 40 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present': 15 45 40 Disambiguation of 'Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional': 4 45 52 Disambiguation of 'Initial': 0 0 0

Infix

Audio: Sw-ke-ki.flac
Head templates: {{head|sw|infix}} -ki-
  1. it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|ki class_((VII))]] object concord Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ki--sw-infix-7HsrMZzj Categories (other): Swahili infixes Disambiguation of Swahili infixes: 22 30 22 25 Related terms: a-, yu-, ha-, hayu-, -m-, -mw-, -mu-, -ye, wa-, hawa-, -wa-, -o, u-, hau-, -u-, i-, hai-, -i-, -yo, li-, hali-, -li-, -lo, ya-, haya-, -ya-, ki-, haki-, -cho, vi-, havi-, -vi-, -vyo, zi-, hazi-, -zi-, -zo, ku-, haku-, -ku-, -ko, pa-, hapa-, -pa-, -po, m-, mw-, mu-, ham-, hamw-, hamu-, -mo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "form": "uki-",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "kuki-",
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      "form": "paki-",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "sense": "Initial",
      "word": "ka-1"
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 50 46",
      "sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
      "word": "-a"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "4 53 43",
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      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
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      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
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      "_dis1": "14 40 47",
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      "_dis1": "4 45 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
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    {
      "_dis1": "4 45 52",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "past: -lisha-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "present: -mesha-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-sha-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "english": "If/When",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-ki-1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "english": "If not",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-sipo-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
      "word": "-me-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 46 39",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
      "word": "-ka-1"
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
      "word": "-ku-1"
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 45 40",
      "english": "Not yet",
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      "word": "-ja-1"
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      "_dis1": "4 45 52",
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          "english": "I saw them walk",
          "text": "niliwaona wakitembea",
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        {
          "english": "I have been writing",
          "text": "nimekuwa nikiandika",
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        "continuous aspect marker"
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        "(after -wa) continuous aspect marker"
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          "word": "hu-1"
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        {
          "english": "if I buy",
          "text": "nikinunua",
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        {
          "english": "if you go to Kenya",
          "text": "ukienda Kenya",
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          "if",
          "if"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 39 52",
          "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
          "word": "ku-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 39 52",
          "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
          "word": "kw-1"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 39 52",
          "sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
          "word": "kuto-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 42 54",
          "sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
          "word": "-e"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 26 67",
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
          "word": "-ngali-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 26 67",
          "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
          "word": "-singali-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 26 67",
          "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
          "word": "-ngali-"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "Relative; Past",
          "word": "-li-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "Relative; Present",
          "word": "-na-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "Relative; Future",
          "word": "-taka-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "Relative; Negative",
          "word": "-si-"
        }
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        {
          "word": "-mw-"
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        {
          "word": "-mu-"
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        {
          "word": "hawa-"
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        {
          "word": "-wa-"
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          "word": "-o"
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        {
          "word": "u-"
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          "word": "hau-"
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        {
          "word": "hai-"
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          "word": "li-"
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          "word": "-li-"
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        {
          "word": "-lo"
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "-ko"
        },
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          "word": "pa-"
        },
        {
          "word": "hapa-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-pa-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-po"
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        {
          "word": "m-"
        },
        {
          "word": "mw-"
        },
        {
          "word": "mu-"
        },
        {
          "word": "ham-"
        },
        {
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          "word": "hamu-"
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          "word": "-mo"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yaki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kiki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "viki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ziki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mki-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "-ki-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "infix",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Initial; Positive infinitive",
      "word": "kw-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Initial; Negative infinitive",
      "word": "kuto-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Initial; Habitual",
      "word": "hu-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Initial",
      "word": "ka-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Final; General (positive indicative)",
      "word": "-a"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Final; Positive subjunctive",
      "word": "-e"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Final",
      "tags": [
        "-i"
      ],
      "word": "Negative present"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Final; Second person plural",
      "word": "-ni"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past",
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present",
      "word": "-na-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future",
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive",
      "word": "-si-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional",
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional",
      "word": "-singe-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional",
      "word": "-ngali-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional",
      "word": "-singali-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-a-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect",
      "word": "-me-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "past: -lisha-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "present: -mesha-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Already",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-sha-"
    },
    {
      "english": "If/When",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-ki-1"
    },
    {
      "english": "If not",
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord",
      "word": "-sipo-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive",
      "word": "-ka-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past",
      "word": "-ku-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future",
      "word": "-ta-"
    },
    {
      "english": "Not yet",
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord",
      "word": "-ja-1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional",
      "word": "-nge-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional",
      "word": "-ngali-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Relative; Past",
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Relative; Present",
      "word": "-na-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Relative; Future",
      "word": "-taka-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Relative; Negative",
      "word": "-si-"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: -na-"
        },
        {
          "english": "I saw them walk",
          "text": "niliwaona wakitembea",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "while, simultaneity marker"
      ],
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          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "in second verb in a series"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I have been writing",
          "text": "nimekuwa nikiandika",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "while, simultaneity marker",
        "continuous aspect marker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ],
        [
          "-wa",
          "wa#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
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        "(in second verb in a series) while, simultaneity marker",
        "(after -wa) continuous aspect marker"
      ],
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        "after -wa",
        "in second verb in a series"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-sipo-"
        }
      ],
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        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "if I buy",
          "text": "nikinunua",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "if you go to Kenya",
          "text": "ukienda Kenya",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "when, if, conditional mood marker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "when",
          "when"
        ],
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-ki.flac",
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}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili infixes",
    "Swahili lemmas"
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    {
      "word": "a-"
    },
    {
      "word": "yu-"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hayu-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-m-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-mw-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-mu-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ye"
    },
    {
      "word": "wa-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hawa-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-wa-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-o"
    },
    {
      "word": "u-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hau-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-u-"
    },
    {
      "word": "i-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hai-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-i-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-yo"
    },
    {
      "word": "li-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hali-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-li-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-lo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ya-"
    },
    {
      "word": "haya-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ya-"
    },
    {
      "word": "ki-"
    },
    {
      "word": "haki-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-cho"
    },
    {
      "word": "vi-"
    },
    {
      "word": "havi-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-vi-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-vyo"
    },
    {
      "word": "zi-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hazi-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-zi-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-zo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "haku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ko"
    },
    {
      "word": "pa-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hapa-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-pa-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-po"
    },
    {
      "word": "m-"
    },
    {
      "word": "mw-"
    },
    {
      "word": "mu-"
    },
    {
      "word": "ham-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hamw-"
    },
    {
      "word": "hamu-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-mo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|ki class_((VII))]] object concord"
      ],
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        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "-ki-"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -ki- meaning in Swahili (7.9kB)

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  "title": "-ki-",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|ki class_((VII))]] object concord",
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