"hewa" meaning in Swahili

See hewa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-hewa.flac Forms: hewa class IX [canonical], hewa class X [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|هَوَاء}} Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ), {{root|sw|ar|ه و ي}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} hewa class IX (plural hewa class X)
  1. air Wikipedia link: sw:hewa Derived forms (Nominal derivations): hali ya hewa [weather, meteorology, climatology, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-hewa-sw-noun-n-Qw5SdG Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
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        "1": "n"
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            "weather",
            "meteorology",
            "climatology",
            "natural-sciences"
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        "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
        "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ه و ي"
      ],
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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 2025-02-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). 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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