"eusi" meaning in Swahili

See eusi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-eusi.flac
Etymology: Of Bantu origin. Compare Zulu mphisolo. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|bnt}} Bantu, {{cog|zu|mphisolo}} Zulu mphisolo Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|declinable|cat2=|head=-eusi}} -eusi (declinable), {{sw-adj}} -eusi (declinable) Inflection templates: {{sw-decl}} Forms: -eusi [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], mweusi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], weusi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], myeusi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], jeusi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], meusi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], cheusi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], vyeusi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], nyeusi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], nyeusi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], peusi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], kweusi [error-unrecognized-form, singular]
  1. black Tags: declinable Categories (topical): Colors
    Sense id: en-eusi-sw-adj-wAbH46sU Disambiguation of Colors: 50 50 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. dark Tags: declinable Categories (topical): Colors
    Sense id: en-eusi-sw-adj-5rtWib7s Disambiguation of Colors: 50 50 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -eupe, -a kijivujivu, -a kijivu, -eusi, -ekundu, -a machungwa, -a hudhurungi, -a kahawia, -a manjano, -a kimanjano, -a njano, -a dhahabu, -a manjani giza, -a kibichi, -a kijani, -a manjani mwangaza, -a bluu mwangaza, -a samawati, -a bluu, -a urujuani, -a zambarau, -a waridi, -a pinki
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-eupe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt"
      },
      "expansion": "Bantu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "mphisolo"
      },
      "expansion": "Zulu mphisolo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Bantu origin. Compare Zulu mphisolo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-eusi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mweusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "myeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kweusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "declinable",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "-eusi"
      },
      "expansion": "-eusi (declinable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-eusi (declinable)",
      "name": "sw-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sw-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-eupe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a kijivujivu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a kijivu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-eusi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ekundu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a machungwa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a hudhurungi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a kahawia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a manjano"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a kimanjano"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a njano"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a dhahabu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a manjani giza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a kibichi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a kijani"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a manjani mwangaza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a bluu mwangaza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a samawati"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a bluu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a urujuani"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a zambarau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a waridi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-a pinki"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "sw:Colors",
          "parents": [
            "Light",
            "Vision",
            "Energy",
            "Senses",
            "Nature",
            "Perception",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "black"
      ],
      "id": "en-eusi-sw-adj-wAbH46sU",
      "links": [
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "sw:Colors",
          "parents": [
            "Light",
            "Vision",
            "Energy",
            "Senses",
            "Nature",
            "Perception",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dark"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "Sw-ke-eusi.flac",
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    }
  ],
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    "sw:Nyeusi"
  ],
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}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-eupe"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili adjectives",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili terms derived from Bantu languages",
    "sw:Colors"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt"
      },
      "expansion": "Bantu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "mphisolo"
      },
      "expansion": "Zulu mphisolo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Bantu origin. Compare Zulu mphisolo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-eusi",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mweusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "myeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyeusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kweusi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sw",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "declinable",
        "cat2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "-eusi (declinable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-eusi (declinable)",
      "name": "sw-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sw-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-eupe"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a kijivujivu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a kijivu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-eusi"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ekundu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a machungwa"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a hudhurungi"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a kahawia"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a manjano"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a kimanjano"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a njano"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a dhahabu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a manjani giza"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a kibichi"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a kijani"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a manjani mwangaza"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a bluu mwangaza"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a samawati"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a bluu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a urujuani"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a zambarau"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a waridi"
    },
    {
      "word": "-a pinki"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "black"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable"
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:Nyeusi"
  ],
  "word": "eusi"
}

Download raw JSONL data for eusi meaning in Swahili (3.0kB)

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