"kijiko" meaning in Swahili

See kijiko in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kijiko.flac Forms: kijiko class VII [canonical], vijiko class VIII [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Although in form it would appear to be a diminutive of mwiko, that may be a back-formation if the term is ultimately from Ottoman Turkish قاشیق (kaşık). Etymology templates: {{unc|sw}} Uncertain, {{der|sw|ota|قاشیق|tr=kaşık}} Ottoman Turkish قاشیق (kaşık) Head templates: {{sw-noun|vi}} kijiko class VII (plural vijiko class VIII)
  1. spoon Wikipedia link: sw:kijiko Categories (topical): Cutlery
    Sense id: en-kijiko-sw-noun-f0gOdEp5 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Cutlery",
          "orig": "sw:Cutlery",
          "parents": [
            "Kitchenware",
            "Cooking",
            "Home appliances",
            "Tools",
            "Food and drink",
            "Home",
            "Machines",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        "spoon"
      ],
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          "spoon",
          "spoon"
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        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
        "Swahili terms with unknown etymologies",
        "sw:Cutlery"
      ],
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          "spoon"
        ]
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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 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). 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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