"wangwa" meaning in Swahili

See wangwa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-wangwa.flac [Kenya] Forms: nyangwa [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} wangwa, {{sw-noun|u|nyangwa}} wangwa (u class, plural nyangwa)
  1. lagoon Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14
    Sense id: en-wangwa-sw-noun-Qhw9Azps Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. mangrove Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14 Synonyms: kapa
    Sense id: en-wangwa-sw-noun-XHKwSoOZ Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wangwa meaning in Swahili (1.4kB)

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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wangwa",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u",
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      },
      "expansion": "wangwa (u class, plural nyangwa)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lagoon"
      ],
      "id": "en-wangwa-sw-noun-Qhw9Azps",
      "links": [
        [
          "lagoon",
          "lagoon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "class-12",
        "class-14"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mangrove"
      ],
      "id": "en-wangwa-sw-noun-XHKwSoOZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "mangrove",
          "mangrove"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kapa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "class-12",
        "class-14"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "Sw-ke-wangwa.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/Sw-ke-wangwa.flac/Sw-ke-wangwa.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/Sw-ke-wangwa.flac/Sw-ke-wangwa.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
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    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms with audio links",
    "Swahili u class nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
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  "senses": [
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      ],
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          "lagoon"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-12",
        "class-14"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "mangrove"
      ],
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          "mangrove",
          "mangrove"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "kapa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "class-12",
        "class-14"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "Sw-ke-wangwa.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/Sw-ke-wangwa.flac/Sw-ke-wangwa.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/Sw-ke-wangwa.flac/Sw-ke-wangwa.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:wangwa"
  ],
  "word": "wangwa"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (91e95e7 and db5a844). 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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