"bubu" meaning in Swahili

See bubu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-bubu.flac Forms: mabubu [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} bubu, {{sw-noun|ma}} bubu (ma class, plural mabubu)
  1. dumb person Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-bubu-sw-noun-b1OBBmkA
  2. mute person Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-bubu-sw-noun-3-B3ElEZ Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 25 75

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mabubu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bubu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "bubu (ma class, plural mabubu)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dumb person"
      ],
      "id": "en-bubu-sw-noun-b1OBBmkA",
      "links": [
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "sw:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mute person"
      ],
      "id": "en-bubu-sw-noun-3-B3ElEZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "mute",
          "mute"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-bubu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Sw-ke-bubu.flac/Sw-ke-bubu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Sw-ke-bubu.flac/Sw-ke-bubu.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bubu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 16 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili ma class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tok Pisin lemmas",
    "Tok Pisin nouns",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from Hiri Motu",
    "sw:People",
    "tpi:Family"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mabubu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bubu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "bubu (ma class, plural mabubu)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dumb person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mute person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mute",
          "mute"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-bubu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Sw-ke-bubu.flac/Sw-ke-bubu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Sw-ke-bubu.flac/Sw-ke-bubu.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bubu"
}

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