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"word": "chai ya rangi"
},
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"word": "chai kavu"
},
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"word": "mchai"
}
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},
"expansion": "Classical Persian چای (čāy)",
"name": "bor"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chai",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "chai (n class, plural chai)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"tea"
],
"id": "en-chai-sw-noun-qfdNHsNu",
"links": [
[
"tea",
"tea"
]
],
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"class-10",
"class-9"
]
},
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}
],
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"breakfast"
],
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"breakfast",
"breakfast"
]
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(Tanzania) breakfast"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kiamsha kinywa"
},
{
"word": "kifungua kinywa"
}
],
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"name": "Kenyan Swahili",
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"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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"_dis": "1 40 59",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sw",
"name": "Beverages",
"orig": "sw:Beverages",
"parents": [
"Drinking",
"Food and drink",
"Liquids",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Matter",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Sciences"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"a small bribe, a petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
],
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[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"bribe",
"bribe"
],
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"petty",
"petty"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, Kenya) a small bribe, a petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rushwa"
},
{
"word": "hongo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
"word": "kitu kidogo"
}
],
"tags": [
"Kenya",
"class-10",
"class-9",
"slang"
]
}
],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/Sw-ke-chai.flac/Sw-ke-chai.flac.ogg",
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"Kenya"
],
"text": "Audio (Kenya)"
}
],
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],
"word": "chai"
}
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"Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili n class nouns",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
"Swahili terms derived from Classical Persian",
"Swahili terms with audio links",
"sw:Beverages"
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{
"word": "chai ya rangi"
},
{
"word": "chai kavu"
},
{
"word": "mchai"
}
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},
"expansion": "Classical Persian چای (čāy)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
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"tr": "čāy"
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chai",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"2": "noun",
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},
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"expansion": "chai (n class, plural chai)",
"name": "sw-noun"
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],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"tea"
],
"links": [
[
"tea",
"tea"
]
],
"tags": [
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"class-9"
]
},
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"Tanzanian Swahili"
],
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"breakfast"
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[
"breakfast",
"breakfast"
]
],
"qualifier": "Tanzania",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Tanzania) breakfast"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kiamsha kinywa"
},
{
"word": "kifungua kinywa"
}
],
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Kenyan Swahili",
"Swahili slang"
],
"glosses": [
"a small bribe, a petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
],
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"small",
"small"
],
[
"bribe",
"bribe"
],
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"petty",
"petty"
]
],
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"(slang, Kenya) a small bribe, a petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rushwa"
},
{
"word": "hongo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
"word": "kitu kidogo"
}
],
"tags": [
"Kenya",
"class-10",
"class-9",
"slang"
]
}
],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/Sw-ke-chai.flac/Sw-ke-chai.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
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}
],
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],
"word": "chai"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 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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