kitu kidogo in Swahili

Audio: Sw-ke-kitu kidogo.flac

Forms: vitu vidogo [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From kitu (“thing”) + kidogo (“little”). Etymology templates: {{compound|sw|kitu|kidogo|gloss1=thing|gloss2=little}} kitu (“thing”) + kidogo (“little”) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kitu kidogo, {{sw-noun|ki|vitu vidogo}} kitu kidogo (ki-vi class, plural vitu vidogo)

Inflected forms

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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kitu (“thing”) + kidogo (“little”).",
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    {
      "form": "vitu vidogo",
      "tags": [
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        "(Kenya) a bribe"
      ],
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          "word": "rushwa"
        },
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          "word": "hongo"
        },
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    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili ki-vi class nouns",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili multiword terms",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms with audio links"
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        "a little something"
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        },
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        }
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"kitu kidogo" meaning in Swahili

Noun

Inflected forms