"jo" meaning in Swahili

See jo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: Sw-ke-jo.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Possibly from English yo. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|en|yo}} English yo Head templates: {{head|sw|interjection}} jo
  1. (Sheng) added for emphasis to the end of a sentence Tags: Sheng
    Sense id: en-jo-sw-intj-~k-i0Ks0 Categories (other): Sheng, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for jo meaning in Swahili (1.2kB)

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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from English yo.",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "english": "Oh man!",
          "text": "Manze jo!",
          "type": "example"
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        "Swahili terms with usage examples"
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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 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). 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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