"chumba" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-chumba.flac Forms: vyumba [plural]
Etymology: A diminutive from the same root as nyumba (“house”). Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} chumba, {{sw-noun|vy}} chumba (ki-vi class, plural vyumba)
  1. room (division in a building) Wikipedia link: sw:chumba Tags: class-7, class-8 Derived forms: -chumbisha (english: get engaged) [causative, verb] Derived forms (Nominal derivations): kichumba (english: small room), mchumba (english: fiance(e)), uchumba (english: engagement)
    Sense id: en-chumba-sw-noun-m890mj0k Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "get engaged",
          "tags": [
            "causative",
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-chumbisha"
        },
        {
          "english": "small room",
          "sense": "Nominal derivations",
          "word": "kichumba"
        },
        {
          "english": "fiance(e)",
          "sense": "Nominal derivations",
          "word": "mchumba"
        },
        {
          "english": "engagement",
          "sense": "Nominal derivations",
          "word": "uchumba"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "small room",
      "sense": "Nominal derivations",
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    },
    {
      "english": "fiance(e)",
      "sense": "Nominal derivations",
      "word": "mchumba"
    },
    {
      "english": "engagement",
      "sense": "Nominal derivations",
      "word": "uchumba"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        "class-8"
      ],
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