"ngono" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-ngono.flac Forms: ngono class IX [canonical], ngono class X [plural]
Etymology: A nominalization of a dialectal verb -gona lost in Standard Swahili, from Common Bantu *-gòna (“sleep”). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|bnt-cmn|*-gòna|t=sleep}} Common Bantu *-gòna (“sleep”) Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} ngono class IX (plural ngono class X)
  1. time for sleeping
    Sense id: en-ngono-sw-noun-1wqtmEgp Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. sex (sexual intercourse) Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: tendo la ndoa
    Sense id: en-ngono-sw-noun-HCAOypYT Disambiguation of Sex: 2 98
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        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-cmn",
        "3": "*-gòna",
        "t": "sleep"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A nominalization of a dialectal verb -gona lost in Standard Swahili, from Common Bantu *-gòna (“sleep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngono class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngono class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time for sleeping"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngono-sw-noun-1wqtmEgp",
      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Sex",
          "orig": "sw:Sex",
          "parents": [
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            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "sex (sexual intercourse)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sex",
          "sex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tendo la ndoa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-ngono.flac",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/Sw-ke-ngono.flac/Sw-ke-ngono.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "ngono"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class IX nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Common Bantu",
    "sw:Sex"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
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        "t": "sleep"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "ngono class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngono class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "ngono class IX (plural ngono class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "time for sleeping"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sex (sexual intercourse)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sex",
          "sex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tendo la ndoa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-ngono.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/Sw-ke-ngono.flac/Sw-ke-ngono.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/Sw-ke-ngono.flac/Sw-ke-ngono.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:ngono"
  ],
  "word": "ngono"
}

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