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Download JSON data for mafa meaning in Swahili (1.3kB)
{
"etymology_text": "From -fa (“die”).",
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},
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},
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},
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}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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"name": "Swahili pluralia tantum",
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"Pluralia tantum",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sw",
"name": "Death",
"orig": "sw:Death",
"parents": [
"Body",
"Life",
"Human",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cemetery, burial place"
],
"id": "en-mafa-sw-noun-k15GfI0k",
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"cemetery",
"cemetery"
],
[
"burial",
"burial"
]
],
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]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
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}
],
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}
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"2": "noun",
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},
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],
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"sw:Death"
],
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],
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"cemetery",
"cemetery"
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[
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],
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]
}
],
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"audio": "Sw-ke-mafa.flac",
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"tags": [
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],
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}
],
"word": "mafa"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (384852d and db5a844). 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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