"kupe" meaning in Swahili

See kupe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kupe.flac [Kenya] Forms: kupe [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kupe, {{sw-noun|n}} kupe (n class, plural kupe)
  1. tick (arthropod) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-kupe-sw-noun-MFC1y4Ta Disambiguation of Insects: 58 42
  2. (derogatory) a white-collar worker who depends on the work of others to survive Tags: class-10, class-9, derogatory Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-kupe-sw-noun-b0pvS4WE Disambiguation of People: 2 98 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

Download JSON data for kupe meaning in Swahili (1.7kB)

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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 2024-05-05 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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