"fala" meaning in Swahili

See fala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-fala.flac Forms: fala class V [canonical], mafala class VI [plural], fara [alternative]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} fala class V (plural mafala class VI)
  1. (derogatory) a fool, an imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence) Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): People Synonyms: mjinga
    Sense id: en-fala-sw-noun--a8Lnskw Categories (other): Pages with 25 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "fala class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mafala class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fara",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "fala class V (plural mafala class VI)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 25 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "sw:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fool, an imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)"
      ],
      "id": "en-fala-sw-noun--a8Lnskw",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "imbecile",
          "imbecile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) a fool, an imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mjinga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-fala.flac/Sw-ke-fala.flac.mp3",
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    }
  ],
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}
{
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    {
      "form": "fala class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mafala class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fara",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "fala class V (plural mafala class VI)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class V nouns",
        "Swahili derogatory terms",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "sw:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fool, an imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "imbecile",
          "imbecile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) a fool, an imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mjinga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "fala"
}

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