"msalaba" meaning in All languages combined

See msalaba on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-msalaba.flac [Kenya] Forms: misalaba [class-iv, plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒁇 (ṣalāpu)bor. Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlīḇā)bor. Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb)bor. Swahili msalaba Borrowed from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:صَلِيب<ref:<span class="cited-source">Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), <cite>Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa</cite> (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; <span class="None" lang="und">145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 180 Nr. 1601</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Akkadian 𒁇 (ṣalāpu)bor. Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlīḇā)bor. Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb)bor. Swahili msalaba [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "transliteration" : "ṣəlīḇā", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "𒁇", "gloss" : "to cross out, to pervert; to give difficulty or be crooked, not be easy or straight", "transliteration" : "ṣalāpu", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Akkadian", "term" : "ṣalāpum", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "akk" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Aramaic", "term" : "צְלִיבָא", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "arc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ص ل ب", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "صَلِيب", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "msalaba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="msalaba"> Borrowed from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb). Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} msalaba class III (plural misalaba class IV)
  1. cross (geometrical figure) Tags: class-iii
    Sense id: en-msalaba-sw-noun-iH2LXl8J Categories (other): Geometry Disambiguation of Geometry: 67 22 12
  2. cross (cross-shaped wooden post) Tags: class-iii
    Sense id: en-msalaba-sw-noun-Kgr8k714 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymology trees, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 78 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 89 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 6 88 6 Disambiguation of Swahili entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 7 83 9 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 7 86 7 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology trees: 13 75 13 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 6 87 7 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 6 86 8
  3. cross (Christian symbol) Tags: class-iii
    Sense id: en-msalaba-sw-noun-afvPi8Z- Categories (other): Christianity Disambiguation of Christianity: 19 21 60

Inflected forms

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    }
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  ],
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Akkadian",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Aramaic",
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    }
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