"ulimi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-ulimi.flac [Kenya] Forms: ndimi [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀dɪ́mì. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*dʊ̀dɪ́mì}} Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀dɪ́mì Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} ulimi, {{sw-noun|u}} ulimi (u class, plural ndimi)
  1. tongue (organ) Wikipedia link: sw:ulimi Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14 Categories (topical): Anatomy Related terms: lugha

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ulimi meaning in Swahili (1.6kB)

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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 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). 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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