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Download JSON data for kifaa meaning in Swahili (1.8kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "faa",
"3": "-faa",
"4": "be useful"
},
"expansion": "-faa (“be useful”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From -faa (“be useful”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vifaa",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "noun",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "kifaa",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "vi"
},
"expansion": "kifaa (ki-vi class, plural vifaa)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "80 20",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sw",
"name": "Tools",
"orig": "sw:Tools",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tool"
],
"id": "en-kifaa-sw-noun-fJu-Xsmz",
"links": [
[
"tool",
"tool"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "tool",
"word": "ala"
}
],
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 89",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"device (a piece of equipment made for a particular purpose)"
],
"id": "en-kifaa-sw-noun-zyYCuhlO",
"links": [
[
"device",
"device"
],
[
"equipment",
"equipment"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-kifaa.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Sw-ke-kifaa.flac/Sw-ke-kifaa.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Sw-ke-kifaa.flac/Sw-ke-kifaa.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
"text": "Audio (Kenya)"
}
],
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"sw:kifaa"
],
"word": "kifaa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Swahili ki-vi class nouns",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms with audio links",
"sw:Tools"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "faa",
"3": "-faa",
"4": "be useful"
},
"expansion": "-faa (“be useful”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From -faa (“be useful”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vifaa",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "noun",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "kifaa",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "vi"
},
"expansion": "kifaa (ki-vi class, plural vifaa)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"tool"
],
"links": [
[
"tool",
"tool"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"device (a piece of equipment made for a particular purpose)"
],
"links": [
[
"device",
"device"
],
[
"equipment",
"equipment"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-kifaa.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Sw-ke-kifaa.flac/Sw-ke-kifaa.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Sw-ke-kifaa.flac/Sw-ke-kifaa.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
"text": "Audio (Kenya)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "tool",
"word": "ala"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:kifaa"
],
"word": "kifaa"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 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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