See -ku- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Soul, why not awake? Hi! what is it that cheats you?",
"ref": "R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249",
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"text": "مُيُ وَاغُ نِنِ هُزُدُكَانِ ، لِكُغُرِيِلُ هِيْلَ نِنْنِ ،",
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Download raw JSONL data for -ku- meaning in Swahili (10.0kB)
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