"koloni" meaning in Swahili

See koloni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-koloni.flac [Kenya] Forms: koloni [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English colon. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|en|colon|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English colon, {{bor+|sw|en|colon}} Borrowed from English colon Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} koloni, {{sw-noun|n}} koloni (n class, plural koloni)
  1. colon (punctuation mark) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Punctuation marks Synonyms: nukta mbili, nukta pacha
    Sense id: en-koloni-sw-noun-mrzKN439 Disambiguation of Punctuation marks: 77 23 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Related terms: ritifaa, apostrofi (alt: '; ’), mabano ya mraba (alt: { }), mabano ya maua (alt: [ ]), nukta mbili, nukta pacha, alama ya mkato, koma (alt: ,), kistariungio (alt: ‒; –; —; ―), alama ya mshangao (alt: !), alama ya mkwaju (alt: ⁄), kistariungio (alt: -; ‐), mabano, parandesi, braketi (alt: ( )), nukta (alt: .), alama ya swali (alt: ?), alama ya kunukuu (alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „), nukta mkato (alt: ;), alama ya mkwaju (alt: /)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-koloni.flac [Kenya] Forms: makoloni [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English colony. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|en|colony|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English colony, {{bor+|sw|en|colony}} Borrowed from English colony Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} koloni, {{sw-noun|ma}} koloni (ma class, plural makoloni)
  1. colony Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Imperialism Derived forms: mkoloni (english: colonialist), mkoloni (english: colonialism)
    Sense id: en-koloni-sw-noun-sw:colony Disambiguation of Imperialism: 23 77 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for koloni meaning in Swahili (4.4kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "colon",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "English colon",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "colon"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English colon",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English colon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "koloni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "koloni",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "koloni (n class, plural koloni)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Punctuation marks",
          "orig": "sw:Punctuation marks",
          "parents": [
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Symbols",
            "Orthography",
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "colon (punctuation mark)"
      ],
      "id": "en-koloni-sw-noun-mrzKN439",
      "links": [
        [
          "colon",
          "colon"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ritifaa"
        },
        {
          "alt": "'; ’",
          "word": "apostrofi"
        },
        {
          "alt": "{ }",
          "word": "mabano ya mraba"
        },
        {
          "alt": "[ ]",
          "word": "mabano ya maua"
        },
        {
          "word": "nukta mbili"
        },
        {
          "word": "nukta pacha"
        },
        {
          "alt": ",",
          "word": "alama ya mkato, koma"
        },
        {
          "alt": "‒; –; —; ―",
          "word": "kistariungio"
        },
        {
          "alt": "!",
          "word": "alama ya mshangao"
        },
        {
          "alt": "⁄",
          "word": "alama ya mkwaju"
        },
        {
          "alt": "-; ‐",
          "word": "kistariungio"
        },
        {
          "word": "mabano"
        },
        {
          "word": "parandesi"
        },
        {
          "alt": "( )",
          "word": "braketi"
        },
        {
          "alt": ".",
          "word": "nukta"
        },
        {
          "alt": "?",
          "word": "alama ya swali"
        },
        {
          "alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
          "word": "alama ya kunukuu"
        },
        {
          "alt": ";",
          "word": "nukta mkato"
        },
        {
          "alt": "/",
          "word": "alama ya mkwaju"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nukta mbili"
        },
        {
          "word": "nukta pacha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-koloni.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Sw-ke-koloni.flac/Sw-ke-koloni.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Sw-ke-koloni.flac/Sw-ke-koloni.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "koloni"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "colony",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "English colony",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "colony"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English colony",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English colony.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makoloni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "koloni",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "koloni (ma class, plural makoloni)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Imperialism",
          "orig": "sw:Imperialism",
          "parents": [
            "Ideologies",
            "Politics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "colonialist",
          "word": "mkoloni"
        },
        {
          "english": "colonialism",
          "word": "mkoloni"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "colony"
      ],
      "id": "en-koloni-sw-noun-sw:colony",
      "links": [
        [
          "colony",
          "colony"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sw:colony"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-koloni.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Sw-ke-koloni.flac/Sw-ke-koloni.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Sw-ke-koloni.flac/Sw-ke-koloni.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:koloni"
  ],
  "word": "koloni"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili ma class nouns",
    "Swahili n class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from English",
    "Swahili terms derived from English",
    "Swahili terms with audio links",
    "sw:Imperialism",
    "sw:Punctuation marks",
    "tr:Administrative divisions",
    "tr:Collectives",
    "tr:Human migration",
    "tr:Scouting"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "colon",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "English colon",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "colon"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English colon",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English colon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "koloni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "koloni",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "koloni (n class, plural koloni)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ritifaa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "'; ’",
      "word": "apostrofi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "{ }",
      "word": "mabano ya mraba"
    },
    {
      "alt": "[ ]",
      "word": "mabano ya maua"
    },
    {
      "word": "nukta mbili"
    },
    {
      "word": "nukta pacha"
    },
    {
      "alt": ",",
      "word": "alama ya mkato, koma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "‒; –; —; ―",
      "word": "kistariungio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "!",
      "word": "alama ya mshangao"
    },
    {
      "alt": "⁄",
      "word": "alama ya mkwaju"
    },
    {
      "alt": "-; ‐",
      "word": "kistariungio"
    },
    {
      "word": "mabano"
    },
    {
      "word": "parandesi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "( )",
      "word": "braketi"
    },
    {
      "alt": ".",
      "word": "nukta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "?",
      "word": "alama ya swali"
    },
    {
      "alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
      "word": "alama ya kunukuu"
    },
    {
      "alt": ";",
      "word": "nukta mkato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "/",
      "word": "alama ya mkwaju"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "colon (punctuation mark)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colon",
          "colon"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nukta mbili"
        },
        {
          "word": "nukta pacha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-koloni.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Sw-ke-koloni.flac/Sw-ke-koloni.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Sw-ke-koloni.flac/Sw-ke-koloni.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "koloni"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili ma class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from English",
    "Swahili terms derived from English",
    "Swahili terms with audio links",
    "sw:Imperialism",
    "sw:Punctuation marks",
    "tr:Administrative divisions",
    "tr:Collectives",
    "tr:Human migration",
    "tr:Scouting"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "colonialist",
      "word": "mkoloni"
    },
    {
      "english": "colonialism",
      "word": "mkoloni"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "colony",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "English colony",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "colony"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English colony",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English colony.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makoloni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "koloni",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "koloni (ma class, plural makoloni)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "colony"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colony",
          "colony"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sw:colony"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-koloni.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Sw-ke-koloni.flac/Sw-ke-koloni.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Sw-ke-koloni.flac/Sw-ke-koloni.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:koloni"
  ],
  "word": "koloni"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.