"tamu" meaning in Swahili

See tamu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-tamu.flac
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): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 88 12
  2. delicious Tags: declinable
    Sense id: en-tamu-sw-adj-PCn8NGQ3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: utamu
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "utamu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "طَعْم",
        "4": "",
        "5": "taste"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ط ع م"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Found only in the Sabaki languages, likely a very early borrowing from Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-tamu",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mtamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "watamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "patamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kutamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mutamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "declinable",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "-tamu"
      },
      "expansion": "-tamu (declinable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-tamu (declinable)",
      "name": "sw-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sw-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweet (having a pleasant taste)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tamu-sw-adj-L4~sfjEq",
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet",
          "sweet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "delicious"
      ],
      "id": "en-tamu-sw-adj-PCn8NGQ3",
      "links": [
        [
          "delicious",
          "delicious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/Sw-ke-tamu.flac/Sw-ke-tamu.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tamu"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili adjectives",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ط ع م"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "utamu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "طَعْم",
        "4": "",
        "5": "taste"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ط ع م"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Found only in the Sabaki languages, likely a very early borrowing from Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”).",
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    {
      "form": "-tamu",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mtamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "watamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "patamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kutamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mutamu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "declinable",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "-tamu"
      },
      "expansion": "-tamu (declinable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-tamu (declinable)",
      "name": "sw-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sw-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "sweet (having a pleasant taste)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "sweet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "delicious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delicious",
          "delicious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declinable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "tamu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tamu meaning in Swahili (2.6kB)

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  "subsection": "adjective",
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  "trace": ""
}

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}

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}

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}

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