"msimu" meaning in All languages combined

See msimu on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-msimu.flac Forms: misimu [class-iv, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|مَوْسِم}} Borrowed from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim), {{root|sw|ar|و س م}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|mi}} msimu class III (plural misimu class IV)
  1. season (quarter of a year) Wikipedia link: Equator#Equatorial_seasons_and_climate Tags: class-iii
    Sense id: en-msimu-sw-noun-NiCsv8da Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Seasons, Time, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 94 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 3 2

Noun [Yao (Africa)]

Forms: msimu class 3 [canonical], misimu [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dímʊ̀ (“spirit”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-dim- (“spirit”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|yao|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀dímʊ̀||spirit|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dímʊ̀ (“spirit”), {{inh+|yao|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀dímʊ̀||spirit}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dímʊ̀ (“spirit”), {{inh|yao|alv-pro|*-dim-||spirit}} Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-dim- (“spirit”) Head templates: {{head|yao|noun|plural|misimu|g=c3}} msimu class 3 (plural misimu)
  1. spirit (the invisible part of a person that lives after death)
    Sense id: en-msimu-yao-noun-FWZ2tO4o Categories (other): Yao (Africa) entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yao (Africa) entries with incorrect language header: 79 21
  2. spirit (a dead spirit)
    Sense id: en-msimu-yao-noun-2SB1D9th
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: usimu (english: spirituality)

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for msimu meaning in All languages combined (3.3kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Yao (Africa)",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "msimu",
  "trace": ""
}

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