"kifuko" meaning in Swahili

See kifuko in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kifuko.flac Forms: kifuko class VII [canonical], vifuko class VIII [plural]
Etymology: From ki- (“diminutive”) + mfuko (“bag”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|sw|ki|mfuko|gloss1=diminutive|gloss2=bag}} ki- (“diminutive”) + mfuko (“bag”) Head templates: {{sw-noun|vi}} kifuko class VII (plural vifuko class VIII)
  1. diminutive of mfuko: little bag Tags: diminutive, form-of Form of: mfuko (extra: little bag) Categories (topical): Bags

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ki",
        "3": "mfuko",
        "gloss1": "diminutive",
        "gloss2": "bag"
      },
      "expansion": "ki- (“diminutive”) + mfuko (“bag”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ki- (“diminutive”) + mfuko (“bag”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kifuko class VII",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vifuko class VIII",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "kifuko class VII (plural vifuko class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili terms prefixed with ki-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Bags",
          "orig": "sw:Bags",
          "parents": [
            "Containers",
            "Tools",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "little bag",
          "word": "mfuko"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of mfuko: little bag"
      ],
      "id": "en-kifuko-sw-noun-~hTwrskc",
      "links": [
        [
          "mfuko",
          "mfuko#Swahili"
        ],
        [
          "bag",
          "bag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kifuko.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/Sw-ke-kifuko.flac/Sw-ke-kifuko.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/Sw-ke-kifuko.flac/Sw-ke-kifuko.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kifuko"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ki",
        "3": "mfuko",
        "gloss1": "diminutive",
        "gloss2": "bag"
      },
      "expansion": "ki- (“diminutive”) + mfuko (“bag”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ki- (“diminutive”) + mfuko (“bag”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kifuko class VII",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vifuko class VIII",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "kifuko class VII (plural vifuko class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class VII nouns",
        "Swahili diminutive nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms prefixed with ki-",
        "sw:Bags"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "little bag",
          "word": "mfuko"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of mfuko: little bag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mfuko",
          "mfuko#Swahili"
        ],
        [
          "bag",
          "bag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kifuko.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/Sw-ke-kifuko.flac/Sw-ke-kifuko.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/Sw-ke-kifuko.flac/Sw-ke-kifuko.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kifuko"
}

Download raw JSONL data for kifuko meaning in Swahili (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.