"bao" meaning in Swahili

See bao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-bao.flac [Kenya] Forms: mabao [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} bao, {{sw-noun|ma}} bao (ma class, plural mabao)
  1. board (piece of wood) Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-bao-sw-noun-1k-OK9GE
  2. goal Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Games Synonyms: goli
    Sense id: en-bao-sw-noun-AwRSPv~1 Disambiguation of Games: 2 13 44 42 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 0 14 39 46
  3. board game Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-bao-sw-noun-PB05zWyB Disambiguation of Games: 2 13 44 42 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 0 14 39 46
  4. a traditional Swahili mancala board game played in most of East Africa Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-bao-sw-noun-Ev3Iv0S9 Disambiguation of Games: 2 13 44 42 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 0 14 39 46

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bao meaning in Swahili (2.5kB)

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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 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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