"chai" meaning in Swahili

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chai ya rangi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chai kavu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mchai"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "چای",
        "tr": "čāy"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chai class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chai class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "chai class IX (plural chai class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tea"
      ],
      "id": "en-chai-sw-noun-qfdNHsNu",
      "links": [
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tanzanian Swahili",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 74 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Meals",
          "orig": "sw:Meals",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breakfast"
      ],
      "id": "en-chai-sw-noun-fFjqJTYo",
      "links": [
        [
          "breakfast",
          "breakfast"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Tanzania",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Tanzania) breakfast"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chakula cha asubuhi"
        },
        {
          "word": "staftahi"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Kenya"
          ],
          "word": "kiamsha kinywa"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tanzania",
          "word": "kifungua kinywa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kenyan Swahili",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 19 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 40 59",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Beverages",
          "orig": "sw:Beverages",
          "parents": [
            "Drinking",
            "Food and drink",
            "Liquids",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Matter",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 18 66",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Corruption",
          "orig": "sw:Corruption",
          "parents": [
            "Crime",
            "Politics",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tea money, small bribe, petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
      ],
      "id": "en-chai-sw-noun-jorb0l3T",
      "links": [
        [
          "tea money",
          "tea money"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "bribe",
          "bribe"
        ],
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, Kenya) tea money, small bribe, petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rushwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "hongo"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Kenya"
          ],
          "word": "kitu kidogo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Kenya",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-chai.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/Sw-ke-chai.flac/Sw-ke-chai.flac.mp3",
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:chai"
  ],
  "word": "chai"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class IX nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
    "Swahili terms derived from Classical Persian",
    "sw:Beverages",
    "sw:Corruption",
    "sw:Meals"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chai ya rangi"
    },
    {
      "word": "chai kavu"
    },
    {
      "word": "mchai"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "چای",
        "tr": "čāy"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chai class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chai class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "chai class IX (plural chai class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tanzanian Swahili"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breakfast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breakfast",
          "breakfast"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Tanzania",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Tanzania) breakfast"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chakula cha asubuhi"
        },
        {
          "word": "staftahi"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Kenya"
          ],
          "word": "kiamsha kinywa"
        },
        {
          "english": "Tanzania",
          "word": "kifungua kinywa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Kenyan Swahili",
        "Swahili slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tea money, small bribe, petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tea money",
          "tea money"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "bribe",
          "bribe"
        ],
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, Kenya) tea money, small bribe, petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rushwa"
        },
        {
          "word": "hongo"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Kenya"
          ],
          "word": "kitu kidogo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Kenya",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:chai"
  ],
  "word": "chai"
}