"mkaa" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mkaa.flac [Kenya] Forms: mikaa [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*ìkádà}} Proto-Bantu *ìkádà Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mkaa, {{sw-noun|mi}} mkaa (m-mi class, plural mikaa)
  1. coal, charcoal Tags: class-3, class-4 Categories (lifeform): Trees Synonyms: kaa
    Sense id: en-mkaa-sw-noun-K~rhJi0l Disambiguation of Trees: 63 37 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mkaa.flac [Kenya] Forms: mikaa [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mkaa, {{sw-noun|mi}} mkaa (m-mi class, plural mikaa)
  1. candlenut (tree) Tags: class-3, class-4
    Sense id: en-mkaa-sw-noun-c9fQXDEJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mkaa meaning in Swahili (2.2kB)

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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 2024-05-06 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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