"uta" meaning in Swahili

See uta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-uta.flac Forms: uta class XI [canonical], nyuta class X [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*bʊ̀táà}} Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà Head templates: {{sw-noun|u-n|nyuta}} uta class XI (plural nyuta class X)
  1. bow (for arrows) Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: upinde
    Sense id: en-uta-sw-noun-wmoWu48a Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*bʊ̀táà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "uta class XI",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyuta class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u-n",
        "2": "nyuta"
      },
      "expansion": "uta class XI (plural nyuta class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "sw:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.",
          "ref": "2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili:",
          "text": "Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bow (for arrows)"
      ],
      "id": "en-uta-sw-noun-wmoWu48a",
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "upinde"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-uta.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Sw-ke-uta.flac/Sw-ke-uta.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Sw-ke-uta.flac/Sw-ke-uta.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uta"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*bʊ̀táà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "uta class XI",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyuta class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u-n",
        "2": "nyuta"
      },
      "expansion": "uta class XI (plural nyuta class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class XI nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Swahili terms with quotations",
        "sw:Weapons"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.",
          "ref": "2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili:",
          "text": "Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bow (for arrows)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "upinde"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-uta.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Sw-ke-uta.flac/Sw-ke-uta.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Sw-ke-uta.flac/Sw-ke-uta.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uta"
}

Download raw JSONL data for uta meaning in Swahili (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (0c0c1f1 and 4230888). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.