"gwiji" meaning in Swahili

See gwiji in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-gwiji.flac Forms: gwiji class V [canonical], magwiji class VI [plural]
Etymology: . Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} gwiji class V (plural magwiji class VI)
  1. expert Synonyms: mtaalam, stadi
    Sense id: en-gwiji-sw-noun-x9JThwq4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
  2. star
    Sense id: en-gwiji-sw-noun-Ul7KHVCJ Categories (other): Swahili terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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