"mtama" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mtama.flac Forms: mtama class III [canonical], mitama class IV [plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} mtama class III (plural mitama class IV)
  1. millet (especially sorghum) Wikipedia link: sw:mtama Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Plants Related terms: shayiri (english: barley), mahindi (english: maize), ulezi (english: millet), oti (english: oats), mchele (english: husked rice), mpunga (english: unhusked rice), wali (english: cooked rice), ngano nyekundu (english: rye), ngano [edit] (english: wheat) Related terms (Cereals): nafaka
    Sense id: en-mtama-sw-noun-LQttzmPU Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
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            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
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        {
          "english": "He started cultivating pumpkin, millet, tomato and sukuma wiki - and now he sells his products in the domestic market.",
          "ref": "2021 December 16, “Wakenya wapata faraja mashambani baada ya corona kuwatimua mjini”, in BBC News Swahili:",
          "text": "Alianza kilimo cha malenge, mtama, tomato na sukuma wiki - na sasa anauza bidhaa zake katika soko la nyumbani.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        {
          "sense": "Cereals",
          "word": "nafaka"
        },
        {
          "english": "barley",
          "word": "shayiri"
        },
        {
          "english": "maize",
          "word": "mahindi"
        },
        {
          "english": "millet",
          "word": "ulezi"
        },
        {
          "english": "oats",
          "word": "oti"
        },
        {
          "english": "husked rice",
          "word": "mchele"
        },
        {
          "english": "unhusked rice",
          "word": "mpunga"
        },
        {
          "english": "cooked rice",
          "word": "wali"
        },
        {
          "english": "rye",
          "word": "ngano nyekundu"
        },
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          "english": "wheat",
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        }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "sense": "Cereals",
      "word": "nafaka"
    },
    {
      "english": "barley",
      "word": "shayiri"
    },
    {
      "english": "maize",
      "word": "mahindi"
    },
    {
      "english": "millet",
      "word": "ulezi"
    },
    {
      "english": "oats",
      "word": "oti"
    },
    {
      "english": "husked rice",
      "word": "mchele"
    },
    {
      "english": "unhusked rice",
      "word": "mpunga"
    },
    {
      "english": "cooked rice",
      "word": "wali"
    },
    {
      "english": "rye",
      "word": "ngano nyekundu"
    },
    {
      "english": "wheat",
      "word": "ngano [edit]"
    }
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        "Swahili terms with quotations",
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          "english": "He started cultivating pumpkin, millet, tomato and sukuma wiki - and now he sells his products in the domestic market.",
          "ref": "2021 December 16, “Wakenya wapata faraja mashambani baada ya corona kuwatimua mjini”, in BBC News Swahili:",
          "text": "Alianza kilimo cha malenge, mtama, tomato na sukuma wiki - na sasa anauza bidhaa zake katika soko la nyumbani.",
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        }
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