"ngiri" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-ngiri.flac Forms: ngiri [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} ngiri, {{sw-noun|n}} ngiri (n class, plural ngiri)
  1. warthog (a species of wild pig) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (lifeform): Pigs
    Sense id: en-ngiri-sw-noun-YAO49~TZ Disambiguation of Pigs: 55 45 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-ngiri.flac
Etymology: Borrowed from Kikuyu ngiri. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ki|ngiri}} Borrowed from Kikuyu ngiri Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} ngiri, {{sw-noun}} ngiri (needs class)
  1. (Kenya, slang) thousand shilling Tags: Kenya, slang Categories (topical): Money Categories (lifeform): Pigs Synonyms: kapa, thao
    Sense id: en-ngiri-sw-noun-nAHCEq8e Disambiguation of Money: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pigs: 55 45 Categories (other): Kenyan Swahili, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSONL data for ngiri meaning in Swahili (3.1kB)

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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 2024-06-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (0f7b3ac and b863ecc). 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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