"msafa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-msafa.flac [Kenya] Forms: misafa [class-iv, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَصَفّ (maṣaff). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:مَصَفّ|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "مَصَفّ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "msafa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="msafa"> Borrowed from Arabic مَصَفّ (maṣaff). Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} msafa class III (plural misafa class IV)
  1. line, row, queue Tags: class-iii

Inflected forms

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      },
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  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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        },
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        [
          "row",
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        ],
        [
          "queue",
          "queue"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        "Pages with etymon",
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        "Swahili entries with etymology texts",
        "Swahili entries with etymon",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
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        "Swahili terms derived from Arabic"
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