See alama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "fingerprint",
"word": "alama ya kidole"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "comma",
"word": "alama ya mkato"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "exclamation mark",
"word": "alama ya mshangao"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "hash symbol",
"word": "alama ya reli"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "عَلَامَة"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ع ل م"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alama class IX",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "alama class X",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "alama class IX (plural alama class X)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"mark, grade (indication for reference or measurement)"
],
"id": "en-alama-sw-noun-mj9KjfZf",
"links": [
[
"mark",
"mark"
],
[
"grade",
"grade"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sign, symbol"
],
"id": "en-alama-sw-noun-dyYtsDyL",
"links": [
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"symbol",
"symbol"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 13 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"scar"
],
"id": "en-alama-sw-noun-cVpqvNuf",
"links": [
[
"scar",
"scar"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɑˈlɑ.mɑ/"
},
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-alama.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/Sw-ke-alama.flac/Sw-ke-alama.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/Sw-ke-alama.flac/Sw-ke-alama.flac.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:alama"
],
"word": "alama"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili class IX nouns",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ع ل م"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "fingerprint",
"word": "alama ya kidole"
},
{
"english": "comma",
"word": "alama ya mkato"
},
{
"english": "exclamation mark",
"word": "alama ya mshangao"
},
{
"english": "hash symbol",
"word": "alama ya reli"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "عَلَامَة"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ع ل م"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "alama class IX",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "alama class X",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "alama class IX (plural alama class X)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"mark, grade (indication for reference or measurement)"
],
"links": [
[
"mark",
"mark"
],
[
"grade",
"grade"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sign, symbol"
],
"links": [
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"symbol",
"symbol"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"scar"
],
"links": [
[
"scar",
"scar"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɑˈlɑ.mɑ/"
},
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-alama.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/Sw-ke-alama.flac/Sw-ke-alama.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/Sw-ke-alama.flac/Sw-ke-alama.flac.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:alama"
],
"word": "alama"
}
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