"kikosi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kikosi.flac [Kenya] Forms: vikosi [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kikosi, {{sw-noun|vi}} kikosi (ki-vi class, plural vikosi)
  1. a squadron or unit of troops Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-kikosi-sw-noun-QoJQVmwx Disambiguation of Military: 100 0
  2. the nape (back part of the neck) Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Body parts
    Sense id: en-kikosi-sw-noun-reBomKbD Disambiguation of Body parts: 13 87 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kikosi meaning in Swahili (1.6kB)

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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 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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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