"mke" meaning in Swahili

See mke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mke.flac Forms: mke class I [canonical], wake class II [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀kádí|*mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa}} mke class I (plural wake class II)
  1. wife Categories (topical): Marriage
    Sense id: en-mke-sw-noun-nVKjyOTW Disambiguation of Marriage: 81 19 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 66 34
  2. Contraction of mwanamke (“woman”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: mwanamke (extra: woman) Categories (topical): Female, People
    Sense id: en-mke-sw-noun-4cl1JKor Disambiguation of Female: 0 100 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mwanamke Related terms: -ke Coordinate_terms: mume

Inflected forms

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    },
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    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
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      ]
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      "word": "-ke"
    }
  ],
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