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"
},
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"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"
}
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"form": "vitabu",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"1": "vi"
},
"expansion": "kitabu (ki-vi class, plural vitabu)",
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"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"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"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8"
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:kitabu"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"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"
},
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"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ك ت ب"
},
"expansion": "",
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}
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
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"2": "noun",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "kitabu",
"name": "head"
},
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"1": "vi"
},
"expansion": "kitabu (ki-vi class, plural vitabu)",
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili ki-vi class nouns",
"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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],
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"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",
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}
],
"word": "kitabu"
}
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