"chotara" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-chotara.flac Forms: chotara class V [canonical], machotara class VI [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|hi}} Borrowed from Hindi [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} chotara class V (plural machotara class VI)
  1. person of mixed race; half-caste, mulatto Synonyms: shombe, suriama
    Sense id: en-chotara-sw-noun-RFA~N2~1 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. mixed breed, crossbreed
    Sense id: en-chotara-sw-noun-a9XL42tK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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        ]
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Hindi",
    "Swahili terms derived from Hindi",
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          "half-caste"
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        ]
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        },
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        }
      ]
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      ],
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