"mchungaji" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-mchungaji.flac Forms: mchungaji class I [canonical], wachungaji class II [plural]
Etymology: From m- + -chunga (“to herd, to take care of”) + -aji. The second sense is an extension of the first, as a calque of Latin pastor. Etymology templates: {{af|sw|m-|chunga|-aji|alt2=-chunga|gloss2=to herd, to take care of}} m- + -chunga (“to herd, to take care of”) + -aji, {{noncog|la|pastor}} Latin pastor Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa}} mchungaji class I (plural wachungaji class II)
  1. herdsman, shepherd
    Sense id: en-mchungaji-sw-noun-N70gRFoo
  2. (Christianity) pastor, priest
    Sense id: en-mchungaji-sw-noun-i6q1Jxfl Categories (other): Christianity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m-, Swahili terms suffixed with -aji, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 40 60 Disambiguation of Swahili terms suffixed with -aji: 22 78 Disambiguation of Occupations: 31 69 Topics: Christianity

Inflected forms

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