"mchele" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mchele.flac Forms: michele [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from Indo-Aryan. Compare Bengali চাউল (caul), Hindi चावल (cāval). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|inc}} Indo-Aryan, {{cog|bn|চাউল}} Bengali চাউল (caul), {{cog|hi|चावल}} Hindi चावल (cāval) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mchele, {{sw-noun|mi}} mchele (m-mi class, plural michele)
  1. dehusked, uncooked rice Tags: class-3, class-4 Categories (topical): Foods Related terms (Cereals): nafaka
    Sense id: en-mchele-sw-noun-3LJlj9pF Disambiguation of Foods: 84 16 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'Cereals': 94 6
  2. (slang, Kenya) roofie (a drug used to make someone drowsy or disoriented) Tags: Kenya, class-3, class-4, slang
    Sense id: en-mchele-sw-noun-A9~PN5si Categories (other): Kenyan Swahili
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mpunga (english: raw unhusked rice), wali (english: cooked rice), shayiri (english: barley), mahindi (english: maize), ulezi (english: millet), oti (english: oats), mpunga (english: unhusked rice), ngano nyekundu (english: rye), mtama (english: sorghum), ngano [edit] (english: wheat)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "mpunga"
    },
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      "word": "wali"
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      "word": "nafaka"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "english": "millet",
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    },
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      "word": "oti"
    },
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      "word": "mpunga"
    },
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      "word": "ngano nyekundu"
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      "english": "sorghum",
      "word": "mtama"
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      "word": "ngano [edit]"
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