"mbumbumbu" meaning in Swahili

See mbumbumbu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|invariable|cat2=indeclinable adjectives|head=}} mbumbumbu (invariable), {{sw-adj|inv}} mbumbumbu (invariable)
  1. ignorant Tags: invariable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-mbumbumbu-sw-adj-MZKgtN2~ Disambiguation of People: 58 42 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 88 12

Noun

Forms: mbumbumbu class V [canonical], mambumbumbu class VI [plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} mbumbumbu class V (plural mambumbumbu class VI)
  1. fool, ignorant
    Sense id: en-mbumbumbu-sw-noun-OMNQBfIP

Inflected forms

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      "form": "mbumbumbu class V",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mambumbumbu class VI",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
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        "fool, ignorant"
      ],
      "id": "en-mbumbumbu-sw-noun-OMNQBfIP",
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "ignorant",
          "ignorant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mbumbumbu"
}

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        "cat2": "indeclinable adjectives",
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      },
      "expansion": "mbumbumbu (invariable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inv"
      },
      "expansion": "mbumbumbu (invariable)",
      "name": "sw-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "sw:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] a large army of ignorant, unquestioning subjects with lack of self-trust who never mind being dragged along with the wishes of the colonists.",
          "ref": "2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:",
          "text": "[…] jeshi kubwa la watawaliwa mbumbumbu, wasiohoji, wasiojiamini na walio tayari muda wote kuburuzwa kwa matakwa ya wakoloni.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ignorant"
      ],
      "id": "en-mbumbumbu-sw-adj-MZKgtN2~",
      "links": [
        [
          "ignorant",
          "ignorant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "invariable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mbumbumbu"
}
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    "Swahili indeclinable adjectives",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "sw:People"
  ],
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    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "fool, ignorant"
      ],
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          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "ignorant",
          "ignorant"
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    }
  ],
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    "Swahili indeclinable adjectives",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
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      "expansion": "mbumbumbu (invariable)",
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      ],
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          "english": "[…] a large army of ignorant, unquestioning subjects with lack of self-trust who never mind being dragged along with the wishes of the colonists.",
          "ref": "2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:",
          "text": "[…] jeshi kubwa la watawaliwa mbumbumbu, wasiohoji, wasiojiamini na walio tayari muda wote kuburuzwa kwa matakwa ya wakoloni.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "ignorant",
          "ignorant"
        ]
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        "invariable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mbumbumbu"
}

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