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"english": "Traveling is great.",
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"english": "a nice area",
"text": "mahali kuzuri",
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{
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{
"word": "hau-"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "-yo"
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{
"word": "li-"
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{
"word": "hali-"
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{
"word": "-li-"
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{
"word": "-lo"
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{
"word": "ya-"
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{
"word": "haya-"
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{
"word": "haki-"
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{
"word": "-ki-"
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{
"word": "-cho"
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{
"word": "vi-"
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{
"word": "havi-"
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{
"word": "-vi-"
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{
"word": "-vyo"
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{
"word": "zi-"
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{
"word": "hazi-"
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{
"word": "-zi-"
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{
"word": "-zo"
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{
"word": "haku-"
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{
"word": "-ko"
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{
"word": "pa-"
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{
"word": "hapa-"
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{
"word": "-pa-"
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{
"word": "-po"
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{
"word": "m-"
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{
"word": "mw-"
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{
"word": "mu-"
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{
"word": "ham-"
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{
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"english": "Giving comes from the heart.",
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"english": "There are many people in the country who want peace.",
"text": "Kuna watu wengi nchini wanaotaka amani.",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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