"shoka" meaning in Swahili

See shoka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-shoka.flac Forms: mashoka [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} shoka, {{sw-noun|ma}} shoka (ma class, plural mashoka)
  1. axe, ax Wikipedia link: sw:shoka Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Tools, Weapons

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "mashoka",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "shoka",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "sw:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "sw:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.",
          "ref": "2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili",
          "text": "Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "axe, ax"
      ],
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        [
          "axe",
          "axe"
        ],
        [
          "ax",
          "ax"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ],
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        "sw:shoka"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "word": "shoka"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mashoka",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "shoka (ma class, plural mashoka)",
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    }
  ],
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        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili ma class nouns",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms with quotations",
        "sw:Tools",
        "sw:Weapons"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.",
          "ref": "2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili",
          "text": "Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "axe, ax"
      ],
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        [
          "axe",
          "axe"
        ],
        [
          "ax",
          "ax"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "sw:shoka"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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    }
  ],
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}

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