"sanduku" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-sanduku.flac [Kenya] Forms: masanduku [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|صَنْدُوق|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), {{bor+|sw|ar|صَنْدُوق}} Borrowed from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} sanduku, {{sw-noun|ma}} sanduku (ma class, plural masanduku)
  1. box Wikipedia link: sw:sanduku Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Containers Derived forms: kisanduku, jisanduku, sanduku la maiti, sanduku la posta

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sanduku meaning in Swahili (2.4kB)

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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 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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