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Download JSON data for alama meaning in Swahili (2.3kB)
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"english": "fingerprint",
"word": "alama ya kidole"
},
{
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"english": "comma",
"word": "alama ya mkato"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "exclamation mark",
"word": "alama ya mshangao"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "hash symbol",
"word": "alama ya reli"
}
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},
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}
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"id": "en-alama-sw-noun-dyYtsDyL",
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"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili n class nouns",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ع ل م",
"Swahili terms with audio links"
],
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"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"
}
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
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},
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],
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]
}
],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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