"emoji" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-emoji.flac [Kenya] Forms: emoji [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ja|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Japanese, {{bor+|sw|ja|-}} Borrowed from Japanese, {{ja-r|絵文字|えもじ}} 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), {{ja-r|絵|え|gloss=picture}} 絵(え) (e, “picture”), {{ja-r|文字|もじ|gloss=character}} 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} emoji, {{sw-noun|n}} emoji (n class, plural emoji)
  1. emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”). Tags: class-10, class-9

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