See buni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "بُنّ",
"4": "",
"5": "coffee plant or seed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn, “coffee plant or seed”)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn, “coffee plant or seed”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "buni class IX",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "buni class X",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "buni class IX (plural buni class X)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 5 4 2 2 1 59 4 17 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 8 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 3 2 1 1 1 66 2 19 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "92 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili verbs in the Arabic conjugation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "coffee plant",
"word": "mbuni"
}
],
"glosses": [
"coffee berry"
],
"id": "en-buni-sw-noun-TKwkxyvM",
"links": [
[
"coffee",
"coffee"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "coffee",
"word": "kahawa"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-buni.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/Sw-ke-buni.flac/Sw-ke-buni.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/Sw-ke-buni.flac/Sw-ke-buni.flac.ogg"
}
],
"word": "buni"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "بُنْيَة"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic بُنْيَة (bunya)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ب ن ي"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic بُنْيَة (bunya).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-buni",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kubuni",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "kutobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "buni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bunini",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"habitual"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -libuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ninabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tunabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "unabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mnabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "anabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wanabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -nabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hatubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"negative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hambuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "habuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hawabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -buni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -tabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -tabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "tubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "mbuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "abuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -buni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngebuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singebuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"irrealis",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gnomic",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "abuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "labuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vyabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -mebuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"already-form"
]
},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -jabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"not-yet-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-when-form"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -sipobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"if-not-form"
]
},
{
"form": "kabuni / positive subject concord + -kabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -kabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"consecutive",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-nibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-kubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-wabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kubunini",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wabunini",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mbuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-wabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-libuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-vibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-ubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-pabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -buni- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunilo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunicho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunivyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunizo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniko",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunipo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -buni)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yebuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
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"class-6",
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{
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"relative",
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"class-9",
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},
{
"form": "-obuni",
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"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
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]
},
{
"form": "-kobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
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"relative",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "-pobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-16",
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"relative",
"singular"
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{
"form": "-mobuni",
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"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
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"relative"
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}
],
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"form": "sw-conj",
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},
{
"form": "buni",
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{
"form": "bunini",
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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -libuni",
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"past"
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},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kubuni",
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"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"inflection-template"
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},
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"form": "ninabuni",
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},
{
"form": "nabuni",
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},
{
"form": "tunabuni",
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"first-person",
"plural",
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},
{
"form": "unabuni",
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"form": "mnabuni",
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"plural",
"present",
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},
{
"form": "anabuni",
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{
"form": "wanabuni",
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"class-2",
"plural",
"present",
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -nabuni",
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]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "sibuni",
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"present",
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{
"form": "hatubuni",
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"first-person",
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"present"
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{
"form": "hubuni",
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"present",
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"form": "hambuni",
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"negative",
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"present",
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},
{
"form": "habuni",
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"class-2",
"negative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "hawabuni",
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"class-2",
"negative",
"plural",
"present",
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{
"form": "negative subject concord + -buni",
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "sw-conj",
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -tabuni",
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},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -tabuni",
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"future",
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"form": "nibuni",
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"first-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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{
"form": "tubuni",
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"first-person",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ubuni",
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"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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{
"form": "mbuni",
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"plural",
"second-person",
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{
"form": "abuni",
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"subjunctive",
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"class-2",
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"subjunctive",
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"form": "positive subject concord + -buni",
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"third-person"
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"form": "sw-conj",
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"form": "positive subject concord + -sibuni",
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{
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"present"
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singebuni",
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"negative",
"present"
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -ngalibuni",
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"past"
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{
"form": "positive subject concord + -singalibuni",
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"negative",
"past"
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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{
"form": "sw-conj",
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"form": "nabuni",
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"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"gnomic",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wabuni",
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"form": "mwabuni",
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"plural",
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{
"form": "abuni",
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"class-2",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"class-2",
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"plural",
"third-person"
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"class-4",
"gnomic",
"singular",
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"form": "yabuni",
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"class-4",
"gnomic",
"plural",
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{
"form": "labuni",
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"class-6",
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"singular",
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"class-6",
"gnomic",
"plural",
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{
"form": "chabuni",
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"class-8",
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"form": "vyabuni",
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"class-8",
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"plural",
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"class-9",
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"form": "zabuni",
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"class-9",
"gnomic",
"plural",
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"form": "wabuni",
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},
{
"form": "kwabuni",
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"class-17",
"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "pabuni",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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{
"form": "mwabuni",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -mebuni",
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"form": "positive subject concord + -meshabuni",
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"form": "negative subject concord + -jabuni",
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"form": "positive subject concord + -kibuni",
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"form": "positive subject concord + -sipobuni",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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{
"form": "sw-conj",
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{
"form": "-nibuni",
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"form": "-tubuni",
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"plural",
"second-person"
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},
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"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"form": "-wabunini",
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{
"form": "-mbuni",
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"form": "-wabuni",
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"indicative",
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"form": "-ibuni",
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"object-concord",
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},
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"form": "-libuni",
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"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
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"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
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},
{
"form": "-kibuni",
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"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
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},
{
"form": "-vibuni",
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"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
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{
"form": "-ibuni",
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"class-9",
"indicative",
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "-zibuni",
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"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
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},
{
"form": "-ubuni",
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"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "-kubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-pabuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mubuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jibuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -buni- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunilo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunicho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunivyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunizo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-buniko",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunipo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-bunimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -buni)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yebuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-obuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-obuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-lobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-chobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-zobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-obuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-pobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-mobuni",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "-buni (infinitive kubuni)",
"name": "sw-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sw-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to construct; invent"
],
"links": [
[
"construct",
"construct"
],
[
"invent",
"invent"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"audio": "Sw-ke-buni.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/Sw-ke-buni.flac/Sw-ke-buni.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/Sw-ke-buni.flac/Sw-ke-buni.flac.ogg"
}
],
"word": "buni"
}
Download raw JSONL data for buni meaning in Swahili (17.6kB)
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"path": [
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"section": "Swahili",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "buni",
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}
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