"chama" meaning in Swahili

See chama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-chama.flac Forms: chama class VII [canonical], vyama class VIII [plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|vy}} chama class VII (plural vyama class VIII)
  1. organization, society
    Sense id: en-chama-sw-noun--Nq08ool Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 49 17 17 17
  2. union
    Sense id: en-chama-sw-noun-7z~3A9dW
  3. party (a political party) Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-chama-sw-noun-x6gYpdse Disambiguation of Politics: 0 0 100 0
  4. club
    Sense id: en-chama-sw-noun-zCWF33Ts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mwanachama

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mwanachama"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chama class VII",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyama class VIII",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vy"
      },
      "expansion": "chama class VII (plural vyama class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 17 17 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "organization, society"
      ],
      "id": "en-chama-sw-noun--Nq08ool",
      "links": [
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ],
        [
          "society",
          "society"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "union"
      ],
      "id": "en-chama-sw-noun-7z~3A9dW",
      "links": [
        [
          "union",
          "union"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_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",
      "links": [
        [
          "party",
          "party"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "club"
      ],
      "id": "en-chama-sw-noun-zCWF33Ts",
      "links": [
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-chama.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Sw-ke-chama.flac/Sw-ke-chama.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Sw-ke-chama.flac/Sw-ke-chama.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chama"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class VII nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "sw:Politics"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mwanachama"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chama class VII",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vyama class VIII",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vy"
      },
      "expansion": "chama class VII (plural vyama class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "organization, society"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ],
        [
          "society",
          "society"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "union"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "union",
          "union"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "party (a political party)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "party",
          "party"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "club"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-chama.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Sw-ke-chama.flac/Sw-ke-chama.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Sw-ke-chama.flac/Sw-ke-chama.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chama"
}

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