rafiki in All languages combined

Audio: Sw-ke-rafiki.flac

[Kenya] Forms: rafiki [canonical], marafiki [plural], rafiki [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic رَفِيق (rafīq, “companion”), from رَفَقَ (rafaqa, “to be friendly”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|رَفِيق||companion|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic رَفِيق (rafīq, “companion”), {{bor+|sw|ar|رَفِيق||companion}} Borrowed from Arabic رَفِيق (rafīq, “companion”), {{m|ar|رَفَقَ||to be friendly}} رَفَقَ (rafaqa, “to be friendly”), {{root|sw|ar|ر ف ق}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} rafiki, {{sw-noun|ma}} rafiki (ma class, plural marafiki), {{head|sw|noun|head=}} rafiki, {{sw-noun|n}} rafiki (n class, plural rafiki)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "girlfriend",
      "word": "rafiki wa kike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "boyfriend",
      "word": "rafiki wa kiume"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "friendship",
      "word": "urafiki"
    }
  ],
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            "1": "mg",
            "2": "rafiky",
            "bor": "1",
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          },
          "expansion": "→? Malagasy: rafiky",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→? Malagasy: rafiky"
    }
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
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        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
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        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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        }
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        "class-9"
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          "_dis": "0 100",
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          "langcode": "sw",
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          "orig": "sw:People",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "comrade"
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          "word": "ndugu"
        }
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        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
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    "sw:rafiki"
  ],
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}

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    "Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili ma class nouns",
    "Swahili n class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ر ف ق",
    "Swahili terms with audio links",
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      "english": "girlfriend",
      "word": "rafiki wa kike"
    },
    {
      "english": "boyfriend",
      "word": "rafiki wa kiume"
    },
    {
      "english": "friendship",
      "word": "urafiki"
    }
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            "bor": "1",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "form": "rafiki",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    }
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        "class-10",
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "class-9"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "comrade"
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          "comrade",
          "comrade"
        ]
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          "word": "ndugu"
        }
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        "class-10",
        "class-5",
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"rafiki" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [Swahili]

Inflected forms