"mji" meaning in Swahili

See mji in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mji.flac Forms: miji [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀gìɪ̀}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀ Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mji, {{sw-noun|mi}} mji (m-mi class, plural miji)
  1. town, village (settlement) Tags: class-3, class-4 Categories (place): Polities
    Sense id: en-mji-sw-noun-b82paXxk Disambiguation of Polities: 92 8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 92 8
  2. the central part of a kanga Tags: class-3, class-4
    Sense id: en-mji-sw-noun-SpcAaph~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: muji [obsolete] Derived forms: kijiji, mji mkuu Related terms: jiji

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kijiji"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        "head": ""
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    },
    {
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        "1": "mi"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "sw",
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          "orig": "sw:Polities",
          "parents": [
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            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "town, village (settlement)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mji-sw-noun-b82paXxk",
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        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the central part of a kanga"
      ],
      "id": "en-mji-sw-noun-SpcAaph~",
      "links": [
        [
          "kanga",
          "kanga#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "mji"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili m-mi class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
    "sw:Polities"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kijiji"
    },
    {
      "word": "mji mkuu"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀gìɪ̀"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gìɪ̀.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "miji",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mji",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "1": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "mji (m-mi class, plural miji)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "jiji"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "town, village (settlement)"
      ],
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        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the central part of a kanga"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kanga",
          "kanga#Swahili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "muji"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:mji"
  ],
  "word": "mji"
}

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