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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "mafala",
"tags": [
"class-vi",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fara",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ma"
},
"expansion": "fala class V (plural mafala class VI)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 25 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sw",
"name": "People",
"orig": "sw:People",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ufala"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fool, imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)"
],
"id": "en-fala-sw-noun-cZk-SExo",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"fool",
"fool"
],
[
"imbecile",
"imbecile"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) fool, imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mjinga"
}
],
"tags": [
"class-v",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-fala.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-fala.flac/Sw-ke-fala.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-fala.flac/Sw-ke-fala.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
]
}
],
"word": "fala"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "ufala"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "mafala",
"tags": [
"class-vi",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fara",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ma"
},
"expansion": "fala class V (plural mafala class VI)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 25 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili class V nouns",
"Swahili derogatory terms",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"sw:People"
],
"glosses": [
"fool, imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"fool",
"fool"
],
[
"imbecile",
"imbecile"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) fool, imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mjinga"
}
],
"tags": [
"class-v",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-fala.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-fala.flac/Sw-ke-fala.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-fala.flac/Sw-ke-fala.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
]
}
],
"word": "fala"
}
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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 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). 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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