"chizi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-chizi.flac [Kenya] Forms: machizi [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} chizi, {{sw-noun|ma}} chizi (ma class, plural machizi)
  1. madman (an insane man) Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-chizi-sw-noun-xWE0FVh5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-chizi.flac [Kenya] Forms: chizi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English cheese. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|en|cheese|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English cheese, {{bor+|sw|en|cheese}} Borrowed from English cheese Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} chizi, {{sw-noun|n}} chizi (n class, plural chizi)
  1. cheese (dairy product) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Dairy products Synonyms: jibini
    Sense id: en-chizi-sw-noun-CJ8hR-8E Disambiguation of Dairy products: 3 97 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chizi meaning in Swahili (2.7kB)

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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 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 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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