"ka" meaning in Swahili

See ka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Audio: Sw-ke-ka.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: From the -ka- consecutive tense marker. Head templates: {{head|sw|adverb}} ka
  1. and then (used between a series of actions that happened soon closely together)
    Sense id: en-ka-sw-adv-hhB6V9Qq Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

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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 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 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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