"ke" meaning in Swahili

See ke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-ke.flac
Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|declinable|cat2=|head=-ke}} -ke (declinable), {{sw-adj}} -ke (declinable) Forms: -ke [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], mke [error-unrecognized-form, singular], wake [error-unrecognized-form, plural], mike [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ke [error-unrecognized-form, singular], make [error-unrecognized-form, plural], kike [error-unrecognized-form, singular], vike [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ke [error-unrecognized-form, plural], pake [error-unrecognized-form, singular], kuke [error-unrecognized-form, singular], muke [error-unrecognized-form, singular]
  1. female Tags: declinable, feminine Derived forms: mke Coordinate_terms: -ume
    Sense id: en-ke-sw-adj-nxZROajC Categories (other): Pages with 41 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 41 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 41 entries: 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 4 8 0 1 4 4 3 6 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 2 3 3 3 5 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ke",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-cl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wake",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "make",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pake",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "declinable",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "-ke"
      },
      "expansion": "-ke (declinable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-ke (declinable)",
      "name": "sw-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 41 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 4 8 0 1 4 4 3 6 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 41 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 2 3 3 3 5 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "-ume"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "mke"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female"
      ],
      "id": "en-ke-sw-adj-nxZROajC",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-ke.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Sw-ke-ke.flac/Sw-ke-ke.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Sw-ke-ke.flac/Sw-ke-ke.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ke"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 41 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "-ume"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mke"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ke",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-cl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wake",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "make",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pake",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "declinable",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "-ke"
      },
      "expansion": "-ke (declinable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-ke (declinable)",
      "name": "sw-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 41 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili adjectives",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-ke.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Sw-ke-ke.flac/Sw-ke-ke.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Sw-ke-ke.flac/Sw-ke-ke.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ke"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ke meaning in Swahili (2.1kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'm-wa class_((I/II))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'm-mi class_((III/IV))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ji-ma class_((V/VI))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ki-vi class_((VII/VIII))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'n class_((IX/X))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'u class_((XI))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'pa class_((XVI))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ku class_((XVII))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'mu class_((XVIII))'",
  "path": [
    "ke"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ke",
  "trace": ""
}

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