"alikuwa" meaning in Swahili

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|sw|verb form}} alikuwa
  1. inflection of -wa:
    third-person singular past affirmative
    Tags: affirmative, form-of, past, singular, third-person Form of: -wa
    Sense id: en-alikuwa-sw-verb-7uZfG~SF Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. inflection of -wa:
    m-wa class subject inflected singular past affirmative
    Tags: affirmative, class-1, class-2, form-of, inflected, past, singular, subjective Form of: -wa
    Sense id: en-alikuwa-sw-verb-2P1AQWZQ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
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