See kitabu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "ach",
"2": "kitabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Acholi: kitabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Acholi: kitabu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ki",
"2": "gĩtabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kikuyu: gĩtabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kikuyu: gĩtabu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "luo",
"2": "kitabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Luo: kitabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Luo: kitabu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lg",
"2": "ekitabo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Luganda: ekitabo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Luganda: ekitabo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rw",
"2": "igitabo",
"3": "igitabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: igitabo, igitabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: igitabo, igitabu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ttj",
"2": "ekitabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tooro: ekitabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tooro: ekitabu"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "كِتَاب"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ك ت ب"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). The first syllable of the Arabic word has been reinterpreted as the Swahili noun prefix ki-.",
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{
"form": "kitabu class VII",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "vitabu class VIII",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"1": "vi"
},
"expansion": "kitabu class VII (plural vitabu class VIII)",
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 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"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sw",
"name": "Books",
"orig": "sw:Books",
"parents": [
"Literature",
"Mass media",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Media",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"book"
],
"id": "en-kitabu-sw-noun-knGf4M-M",
"links": [
[
"book",
"book"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:kitabu"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-kitabu.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/Sw-ke-kitabu.flac/Sw-ke-kitabu.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/Sw-ke-kitabu.flac/Sw-ke-kitabu.flac.ogg"
}
],
"word": "kitabu"
}
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ach",
"2": "kitabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Acholi: kitabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Acholi: kitabu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ki",
"2": "gĩtabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kikuyu: gĩtabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kikuyu: gĩtabu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "luo",
"2": "kitabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Luo: kitabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Luo: kitabu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lg",
"2": "ekitabo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Luganda: ekitabo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Luganda: ekitabo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rw",
"2": "igitabo",
"3": "igitabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: igitabo, igitabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: igitabo, igitabu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ttj",
"2": "ekitabu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tooro: ekitabu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tooro: ekitabu"
}
],
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"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "كِتَاب"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ك ت ب"
},
"expansion": "",
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"canonical"
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"plural"
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"expansion": "kitabu class VII (plural vitabu class VIII)",
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili class VII nouns",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ك ت ب",
"sw:Books"
],
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"book"
],
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[
"book",
"book"
]
],
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"sw:kitabu"
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}
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"audio": "Sw-ke-kitabu.flac",
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}
],
"word": "kitabu"
}
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