"mkale" meaning in Swahili

See mkale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mkale.flac [Kenya] Forms: wakale [plural]
Etymology: From kale. Etymology templates: {{m|sw|kale}} kale Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mkale, {{sw-noun|m-wa}} mkale (m-wa class, plural wakale)
  1. veteran (person with long experience) Tags: class-1, class-2 Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-mkale-sw-noun-6HAfGyJo Disambiguation of People: 96 4
  2. senior citizen Tags: class-1, class-2
    Sense id: en-mkale-sw-noun-ErAf7hS6 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mkale meaning in Swahili (1.4kB)

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "kale"
      },
      "expansion": "kale",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kale.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wakale",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mkale",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m-wa"
      },
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      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "sw:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "veteran (person with long experience)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mkale-sw-noun-6HAfGyJo",
      "links": [
        [
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          "veteran"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "senior citizen"
      ],
      "id": "en-mkale-sw-noun-ErAf7hS6",
      "links": [
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "citizen",
          "citizen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-mkale.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/Sw-ke-mkale.flac/Sw-ke-mkale.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/Sw-ke-mkale.flac/Sw-ke-mkale.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili m-wa class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms with audio links",
    "sw:People"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "kale"
      },
      "expansion": "kale",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kale.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wakale",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "veteran (person with long experience)"
      ],
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        [
          "veteran",
          "veteran"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "senior citizen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "citizen",
          "citizen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "Sw-ke-mkale.flac",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/Sw-ke-mkale.flac/Sw-ke-mkale.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
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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 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). 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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