"fungu" meaning in Swahili

See fungu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-fungu.flac [Kenya] Forms: mafungu [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} fungu, {{sw-noun|ma}} fungu (ma class, plural mafungu)
  1. a bunch (a group of a number of similar things) Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-fungu-sw-noun-10jVwuJa
  2. a portion or slice of something Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-fungu-sw-noun-8VEexgwT
  3. (writing) a collection of writing: a sentence, paragraph, or article Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Writing, Writing
    Sense id: en-fungu-sw-noun-zYV6kYyI Disambiguation of Writing: 5 4 92 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 27 7 66 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fungu meaning in Swahili (2.0kB)

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