"fuvu" meaning in Swahili

See fuvu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-fuvu.flac [Kenya] Forms: mafuvu [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} fuvu, {{sw-noun|ma}} fuvu (ma class, plural mafuvu)
  1. a skull (bone of human head) Tags: class-5, class-6 Synonyms: fuu
    Sense id: en-fuvu-sw-noun-b-bcb99g
  2. a shell (casing) Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: fuu
    Sense id: en-fuvu-sw-noun-DQXzzrCl Disambiguation of Anatomy: 40 60 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 35 65

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fuvu meaning in Swahili (1.4kB)

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            "Medicine",
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a shell (casing)"
      ],
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          "shell",
          "shell"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fuu"
        }
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        "a shell (casing)"
      ],
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          "shell",
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fuu"
        }
      ],
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        "class-5",
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    }
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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 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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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