"fala" meaning in Swahili

See fala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-fala.flac [Kenya] Forms: mafala [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} fala, {{sw-noun|ma}} fala (ma class, plural mafala)
  1. (derogatory) a fool, an imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence) Tags: class-5, class-6, derogatory Categories (topical): People Synonyms: mjinga, fara
    Sense id: en-fala-sw-noun--a8Lnskw Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for fala meaning in Swahili (1.3kB)

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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 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). 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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