"afa" meaning in Swahili

See afa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-afa.flac [Kenya] Forms: maafa [class-vi, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:آفَة|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "root", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ء و ف", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "آفَة", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "afa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="afa"> Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa). Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} afa class V (plural maafa class VI)
  1. injury, damage Tags: class-v
    Sense id: en-afa-sw-noun-WkIRJL-V Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 13 13 13 49 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 13 13 13 49 13 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 79 21 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. misfortune, calamity Tags: class-v
    Sense id: en-afa-sw-noun-yei9xtY4 Categories (other): Swahili entries with etymon Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 50 50

Inflected forms

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    [
      "آفَة",
      "آفة#Arabic"
    ]
  ],
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      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).",
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    {
      "form": "maafa",
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        "class-vi",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "afa class V (plural maafa class VI)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        [
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          "damage"
        ]
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      ]
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      ],
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        "misfortune, calamity"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "calamity",
          "calamity"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-v"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
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  ],
  "word": "afa"
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    "Swahili entries with etymology texts",
    "Swahili entries with etymon",
    "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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    [
      "آفَة",
      "آفة#Arabic"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": ":bor",
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        "text": "+",
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      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maafa",
      "tags": [
        "class-vi",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "afa class V (plural maafa class VI)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "injury, damage"
      ],
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          "injury"
        ],
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "calamity",
          "calamity"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-v"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/Sw-ke-afa.flac/Sw-ke-afa.flac.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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  ],
  "word": "afa"
}

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