"jiwe" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-jiwe.flac [Kenya] Forms: mawe [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ìbʊ̀è. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*ìbʊ̀è}} Proto-Bantu *ìbʊ̀è Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} jiwe, {{sw-noun|ma|mawe}} jiwe (ma class, plural mawe)
  1. stone (rock) Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-jiwe-sw-noun-ldHXMjw7 Disambiguation of Geology: 52 48 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (figuratively) difficulty Tags: class-5, class-6, figuratively Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-jiwe-sw-noun-sSmuQgDS Disambiguation of Geology: 52 48 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jiwe meaning in Swahili (2.1kB)

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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 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c 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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