"udevu" meaning in Swahili

See udevu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /uˈɗɛ.vu/ Audio: Sw-ke-udevu.flac Forms: udevu class XI [canonical], ndevu class X [plural]
Etymology: From the stem of kidevu. Head templates: {{sw-noun|u}} udevu class XI (plural ndevu class X)
  1. beard hair
    Sense id: en-udevu-sw-noun-YJO7myaK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Hair Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Hair: 71 29
  2. (in the plural) beard Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-udevu-sw-noun-lBGSq7CG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kidevu

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the stem of kidevu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "udevu class XI",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ndevu class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "u"
      },
      "expansion": "udevu class XI (plural ndevu class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kidevu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "sw:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              6,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Which beard hair was cut off with a razor?",
          "ref": "2005, Masomo ya Msingi 8, page 156:",
          "text": "Udevu upi uliokatwa kwa wembe?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beard hair"
      ],
      "id": "en-udevu-sw-noun-YJO7myaK",
      "links": [
        [
          "beard",
          "beard"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-udevu-sw-noun-lBGSq7CG",
      "links": [
        [
          "beard",
          "beard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) beard"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/uˈɗɛ.vu/"
    },
    {
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  ],
  "word": "udevu"
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class XI nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "sw:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the stem of kidevu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "udevu class XI",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ndevu class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kidevu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Swahili terms with quotations"
      ],
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              6,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Which beard hair was cut off with a razor?",
          "ref": "2005, Masomo ya Msingi 8, page 156:",
          "text": "Udevu upi uliokatwa kwa wembe?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beard hair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beard",
          "beard"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beard",
          "beard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) beard"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈɗɛ.vu/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "udevu"
}

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