"tamu" meaning in Swahili

See tamu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-tamu.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Found only in the Sabaki languages, likely a very early borrowing from Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|طَعْم||taste}} Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”), {{root|sw|ar|ط ع م}} Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|declinable|cat2=|head=-tamu}} -tamu (declinable), {{sw-adj}} -tamu (declinable) Inflection templates: {{sw-decl}} Forms: -tamu [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], mtamu [error-unrecognized-form, singular], watamu [error-unrecognized-form, plural], mitamu [error-unrecognized-form, plural], tamu [error-unrecognized-form, singular], matamu [error-unrecognized-form, plural], kitamu [error-unrecognized-form, singular], vitamu [error-unrecognized-form, plural], tamu [error-unrecognized-form, plural], patamu [error-unrecognized-form, singular], kutamu [error-unrecognized-form, singular], mutamu [error-unrecognized-form, singular]
  1. sweet (having a pleasant taste) Tags: declinable
    Sense id: en-tamu-sw-adj-L4~sfjEq Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. delicious Tags: declinable
    Sense id: en-tamu-sw-adj-PCn8NGQ3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: utamu

Download JSON data for tamu meaning in Swahili (2.7kB)

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        "sweet (having a pleasant taste)"
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    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ط ع م",
    "Swahili terms with audio links"
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      "source": "declension",
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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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}

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}

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