"afa" meaning in Swahili

See afa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-afa.flac Forms: afa class V [canonical], maafa class VI [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|آفَة}} Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa), {{root|sw|ar|ء و ف}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} afa class V (plural maafa class VI)
  1. injury, damage
    Sense id: en-afa-sw-noun-WkIRJL-V Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. misfortune, calamity
    Sense id: en-afa-sw-noun-yei9xtY4

Inflected forms

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        "2": "ar",
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      },
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    },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afa class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maafa class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "injury",
          "injury"
        ],
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "misfortune, calamity"
      ],
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        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "calamity",
          "calamity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili palindromes",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ء و ف"
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    },
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "afa class V",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "maafa class VI",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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      ],
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        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "calamity",
          "calamity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "Sw-ke-afa.flac",
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    }
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