See pesa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "hi",
"3": "पैसा"
},
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"name": "bor+"
},
{
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"2": "ur",
"3": "پَیسَہ"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pesa class V",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "IX",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "mapesa class VI",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pesa class X",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "59"
},
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}
],
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{
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{
"_dis": "53 47",
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"langcode": "sw",
"name": "Coins",
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"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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"money"
],
"id": "en-pesa-sw-noun-jSrItY6t",
"links": [
[
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]
],
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{
"word": "fedha"
},
{
"english": "Tanzania",
"word": "hela"
}
]
},
{
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{
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"name": "History",
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"Fundamental"
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{
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"Entry maintenance"
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],
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"history",
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],
[
"paisa",
"paisa"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(history) paisa (unit of Indian currency)"
],
"topics": [
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈpɛ.sa/"
},
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"audio": "Sw-ke-pesa.flac",
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"Pages with entries",
"Swahili class IX nouns",
"Swahili class V nouns",
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms borrowed from Hindi",
"Swahili terms borrowed from Urdu",
"Swahili terms derived from Hindi",
"Swahili terms derived from Urdu",
"Swahili terms with redundant head parameter",
"sw:Coins",
"tl:Foods"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "hi",
"3": "पैसा"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ur",
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pesa class V",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
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"plural"
]
},
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]
}
],
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{
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},
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}
],
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{
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],
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"money"
]
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},
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"english": "Tanzania",
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}
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],
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],
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"paisa",
"paisa"
]
],
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],
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"human-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈpɛ.sa/"
},
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-pesa.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/Sw-ke-pesa.flac/Sw-ke-pesa.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/Sw-ke-pesa.flac/Sw-ke-pesa.flac.ogg"
}
],
"word": "pesa"
}
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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 2025-02-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). 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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