"utoto" meaning in Swahili

See utoto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /uˈtɔ.tɔ/ Audio: Sw-ke-utoto.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: u- (“abstract prefix”) + mtoto (“child”) Etymology templates: {{m|sw|u-||abstract prefix}} u- (“abstract prefix”), {{m|sw|mtoto||child}} mtoto (“child”) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} utoto, {{sw-noun|u|-}} utoto (u class, no plural)
  1. childhood Wikipedia link: sw:utoto Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14, no-plural Categories (topical): Age, Children
    Sense id: en-utoto-sw-noun-8tG6V927 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for utoto 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 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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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