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Download JSON data for kitu meaning in Swahili (1.2kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*kɪ̀ntʊ̀"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vitu",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "noun",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "kitu",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "vi"
},
"expansion": "kitu (ki-vi class, plural vitu)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"thing (a separate entity)"
],
"id": "en-kitu-sw-noun-IJW0t6Bi",
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
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{
"english": "used for abstract things",
"word": "jambo"
}
],
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8"
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:kitu"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈki.tu/"
},
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-kitu.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Sw-ke-kitu.flac/Sw-ke-kitu.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Sw-ke-kitu.flac/Sw-ke-kitu.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
"text": "Audio (Kenya)"
}
],
"word": "kitu"
}
{
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"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "bnt-pro",
"3": "*kɪ̀ntʊ̀"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vitu",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "noun",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
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},
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"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "used for abstract things",
"word": "jambo"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili ki-vi class nouns",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
"Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
"Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Swahili terms with audio links"
],
"glosses": [
"thing (a separate entity)"
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
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"class-7",
"class-8"
],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈki.tu/"
},
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-kitu.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Sw-ke-kitu.flac/Sw-ke-kitu.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Sw-ke-kitu.flac/Sw-ke-kitu.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
"text": "Audio (Kenya)"
}
],
"word": "kitu"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). 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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