"bendera" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

IPA: /ɓɛˈⁿdɛ.ɾɑ/ (note: Unguja standard) Audio: Sw-ke-bendera.flac [Kenya] Forms: bendera [class-x, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese bandeira, perhaps via Omani Arabic بنديرة (bandēra). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|pt|bandeira}} Borrowed from Portuguese bandeira, {{bor|sw|acx|بنديرة|tr=bandēra}} Omani Arabic بنديرة (bandēra) Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} bendera class IX (plural bendera class X)
  1. flag (fabric with distinctive design used as a signal) Tags: class-ix
    Sense id: en-bendera-sw-noun-WImaAb7t Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
     
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    ],
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      "بنديرة#Omani_Arabic"
    ]
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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        "2": "acx",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese bandeira, perhaps via Omani Arabic بنديرة (bandēra).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bendera",
      "tags": [
        "class-x",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "bendera class IX (plural bendera class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flag (fabric with distinctive design used as a signal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bendera-sw-noun-WImaAb7t",
      "links": [
        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-ix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɓɛˈⁿdɛ.ɾɑ/",
      "note": "Unguja standard"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-bendera.flac",
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    [
      "bandeira",
      "bandeira#Portuguese"
    ],
    [
      "بنديرة",
      "بنديرة#Omani_Arabic"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "bandeira"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "acx",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "class-x",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "bendera class IX (plural bendera class X)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
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        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms borrowed from Omani Arabic",
        "Swahili terms borrowed from Portuguese",
        "Swahili terms derived from Omani Arabic",
        "Swahili terms derived from Portuguese",
        "Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flag (fabric with distinctive design used as a signal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-ix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɓɛˈⁿdɛ.ɾɑ/",
      "note": "Unguja standard"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-bendera.flac",
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      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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