"chama" meaning in Swahili

See chama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-chama.flac [Kenya] Forms: vyama [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} chama, {{sw-noun|vy}} chama (ki-vi class, plural vyama)
  1. organization, society Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-chama-sw-noun--Nq08ool
  2. union Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-chama-sw-noun-7z~3A9dW
  3. party (a political party) Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-chama-sw-noun-x6gYpdse Disambiguation of Politics: 0 0 100 0 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 15 2 82 2 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 2 88 2
  4. club Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-chama-sw-noun-zCWF33Ts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mwanachama

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chama meaning in Swahili (1.8kB)

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    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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          "organization"
        ],
        [
          "society",
          "society"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-8"
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    },
    {
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          "union",
          "union"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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          "_dis": "15 2 82 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "9 2 88 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "sw:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "party (a political party)"
      ],
      "id": "en-chama-sw-noun-x6gYpdse",
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          "party",
          "party"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-8"
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    },
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        "club"
      ],
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          "club",
          "club"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-8"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chama"
}
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    "Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Swahili ki-vi class nouns",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms with audio links",
    "sw:Politics"
  ],
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    }
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        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "society",
          "society"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-8"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
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        [
          "union",
          "union"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "party (a political party)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "party",
          "party"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-7",
        "class-8"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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