"elimu" meaning in Swahili

See elimu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-elimu.flac Forms: elimu [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|عِلْم}} Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm), {{root|sw|ar|ع ل م}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} elimu, {{sw-noun|n}} elimu (n class, plural elimu)
  1. education (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-elimu-sw-noun-ctYEGhPJ Disambiguation of Education: 65 35 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. knowledge Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-elimu-sw-noun-4PiVhy1l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -elimisha [causative, verb], -elimika [stative, verb]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-elimisha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-elimika"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "عِلْم"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ع ل م"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elimu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "elimu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "elimu (n class, plural elimu)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "sw:Education",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "education (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment)"
      ],
      "id": "en-elimu-sw-noun-ctYEGhPJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge"
      ],
      "id": "en-elimu-sw-noun-4PiVhy1l",
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-elimu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Sw-ke-elimu.flac/Sw-ke-elimu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Sw-ke-elimu.flac/Sw-ke-elimu.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:elimu"
  ],
  "word": "elimu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili n class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ع ل م",
    "sw:Education"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-elimisha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-elimika"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "عِلْم"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ع ل م"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عِلْم (ʕilm).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elimu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "elimu",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "elimu (n class, plural elimu)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "education (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "knowledge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-elimu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Sw-ke-elimu.flac/Sw-ke-elimu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Sw-ke-elimu.flac/Sw-ke-elimu.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:elimu"
  ],
  "word": "elimu"
}

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