"sabuni" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-sabuni.flac Forms: sabuni class IX [canonical], sabuni class X [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), from Latin sāpō. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|صَابُون}} Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), {{der|sw|la|sāpō}} Latin sāpō Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} sabuni class IX (plural sabuni class X)
  1. soap (substance) Categories (topical): Hygiene
    Sense id: en-sabuni-sw-noun-VeAnsrlt Disambiguation of Hygiene: 81 19 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. bar of soap Synonyms: mche wa sabuni
    Sense id: en-sabuni-sw-noun-9dsf0CM0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mche wa sabuni (english: bar of soap), sabuni ya unga (english: washing powder)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bar of soap",
      "word": "mche wa sabuni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "washing powder",
      "word": "sabuni ya unga"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "guz",
            "2": "esabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gusii: esabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gusii: esabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "thabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kikuyu: thabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kikuyu: thabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kg",
            "2": "sabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kongo: sabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kongo: sabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "sabúni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: sabúni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: sabúni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lg",
            "2": "sabbuuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luganda: sabbuuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luganda: sabbuuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luy",
            "2": "esabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luhya: esabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luhya: esabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "suk",
            "2": "sabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sukuma: sabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sukuma: sabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "swb",
            "2": "sabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maore Comorian: sabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maore Comorian: sabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zdj",
            "2": "saɓuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ngazidja Comorian: saɓuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ngazidja Comorian: saɓuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rw",
            "2": "isabune",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: isabune",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: isabune"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "صَابُون"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sāpō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sāpō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), from Latin sāpō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sabuni class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sabuni class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "sabuni class IX (plural sabuni class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Hygiene",
          "orig": "sw:Hygiene",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soap (substance)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sabuni-sw-noun-VeAnsrlt",
      "links": [
        [
          "soap",
          "soap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bar of soap"
      ],
      "id": "en-sabuni-sw-noun-9dsf0CM0",
      "links": [
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mche wa sabuni"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-sabuni.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/Sw-ke-sabuni.flac/Sw-ke-sabuni.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/Sw-ke-sabuni.flac/Sw-ke-sabuni.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:sabuni"
  ],
  "word": "sabuni"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class IX nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Latin",
    "sw:Hygiene"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "bar of soap",
      "word": "mche wa sabuni"
    },
    {
      "english": "washing powder",
      "word": "sabuni ya unga"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "guz",
            "2": "esabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gusii: esabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gusii: esabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "thabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kikuyu: thabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kikuyu: thabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kg",
            "2": "sabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kongo: sabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kongo: sabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "sabúni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: sabúni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: sabúni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lg",
            "2": "sabbuuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luganda: sabbuuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luganda: sabbuuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luy",
            "2": "esabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luhya: esabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luhya: esabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "suk",
            "2": "sabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sukuma: sabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sukuma: sabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "swb",
            "2": "sabuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maore Comorian: sabuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maore Comorian: sabuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zdj",
            "2": "saɓuni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ngazidja Comorian: saɓuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ngazidja Comorian: saɓuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rw",
            "2": "isabune",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: isabune",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: isabune"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "صَابُون"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sāpō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sāpō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), from Latin sāpō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sabuni class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sabuni class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "sabuni class IX (plural sabuni class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "soap (substance)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soap",
          "soap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bar of soap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mche wa sabuni"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-sabuni.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/Sw-ke-sabuni.flac/Sw-ke-sabuni.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/Sw-ke-sabuni.flac/Sw-ke-sabuni.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:sabuni"
  ],
  "word": "sabuni"
}

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