"mkia" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mkia.flac [Kenya] Forms: mikia [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀kɪ́dà}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mkia, {{sw-noun|mi}} mkia (m-mi class, plural mikia)
  1. tail Tags: class-3, class-4 Categories (topical): Anatomy

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mkia meaning in Swahili (1.7kB)

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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 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 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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