"cheti" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-cheti.flac [Kenya] Forms: vyeti [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), possibly via English chit. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|hi|चिट्ठी}} Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), {{der|sw|en|chit}} English chit Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} cheti, {{sw-noun|vy}} cheti (ki-vi class, plural vyeti)
  1. certificate Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-cheti-sw-noun-A9Zt0Ig1 Categories (other): Swahili terms with collocations, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. short note Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-cheti-sw-noun-ksOXy80b Categories (other): Swahili terms with collocations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cheti meaning in Swahili (1.9kB)

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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 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). 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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