"ukuni" meaning in Swahili

See ukuni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-ukuni.flac Forms: kuni [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀kʊ́nì. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*dʊ̀kʊ́nì}} Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀kʊ́nì Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} ukuni, {{sw-noun|u}} ukuni (u class, plural kuni)
  1. a piece of wood Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14
    Sense id: en-ukuni-sw-noun-7QFNU1qZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
  2. (in the plural) firewood Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14, in-plural
    Sense id: en-ukuni-sw-noun-PUGyShpM Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

Inflected forms

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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 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). 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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