"yai" meaning in Swahili

See yai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-yai.flac Forms: mayai [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*ìgɪ́}} Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́ Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} yai, {{sw-noun|ma}} yai (ma class, plural mayai)
  1. egg Wikipedia link: sw:yai Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (lifeform): Eggs Derived forms: chipsi mayai
    Sense id: en-yai-sw-noun-NHB8P0Df Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        {
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          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Eggs",
          "orig": "sw:Eggs",
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            "Birds",
            "Foods",
            "Reproduction",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Animals",
            "Human",
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