"mkasi" meaning in Swahili

See mkasi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mkasi.flac Forms: mkasi class III [canonical], mikasi class IV [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic مَقَص (maqaṣ). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|مَقَص}} Arabic مَقَص (maqaṣ), {{root|sw|ar|ق ص ص}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} mkasi class III (plural mikasi class IV)
  1. scissors Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-mkasi-sw-noun-SToV572o Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "magathĩ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kikuyu: magathĩ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kikuyu: magathĩ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "makási",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: makási",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: makási"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lg",
            "2": "màkânsi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luganda: màkânsi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luganda: màkânsi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَقَص"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَقَص (maqaṣ)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ق ص ص"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَقَص (maqaṣ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mkasi class III",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mikasi class IV",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "mkasi class III (plural mikasi class IV)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "sw:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scissors"
      ],
      "id": "en-mkasi-sw-noun-SToV572o",
      "links": [
        [
          "scissors",
          "scissors"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-mkasi.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/Sw-ke-mkasi.flac/Sw-ke-mkasi.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/Sw-ke-mkasi.flac/Sw-ke-mkasi.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mkasi"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "magathĩ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kikuyu: magathĩ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kikuyu: magathĩ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "makási",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: makási",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: makási"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lg",
            "2": "màkânsi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luganda: màkânsi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luganda: màkânsi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَقَص"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَقَص (maqaṣ)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ق ص ص"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مَقَص (maqaṣ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mkasi class III",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mikasi class IV",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi"
      },
      "expansion": "mkasi class III (plural mikasi class IV)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class III nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
        "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ق ص ص",
        "sw:Tools"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scissors"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scissors",
          "scissors"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-mkasi.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/Sw-ke-mkasi.flac/Sw-ke-mkasi.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/Sw-ke-mkasi.flac/Sw-ke-mkasi.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mkasi"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mkasi meaning in Swahili (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.