"homa" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-homa.flac Forms: homa class IX [canonical], homa class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|حُمَّة}} Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma) Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} homa class IX (plural homa class X)
  1. fever Synonyms (fever): harara
    Sense id: en-homa-sw-noun-HkShxFOI Disambiguation of 'fever': 100 0
  2. (euphemistic) any illness or infection Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-homa-sw-noun-rOOl2qtw Categories (other): Swahili euphemisms, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: homa ya manjano (english: jaundice), homa ya matumbo (english: typhoid), homa ya nyani (english: monkeypox, mpox), homa ya uti wa mgongo (english: meningitis)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "jaundice",
      "word": "homa ya manjano"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "typhoid",
      "word": "homa ya matumbo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "monkeypox, mpox",
      "word": "homa ya nyani"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "meningitis",
      "word": "homa ya uti wa mgongo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "حُمَّة"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "homa class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "homa class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "homa class IX (plural homa class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fever"
      ],
      "id": "en-homa-sw-noun-HkShxFOI",
      "links": [
        [
          "fever",
          "fever"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "fever",
          "word": "harara"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any illness or infection"
      ],
      "id": "en-homa-sw-noun-rOOl2qtw",
      "links": [
        [
          "illness",
          "illness"
        ],
        [
          "infection",
          "infection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) any illness or infection"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-homa.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-homa.flac/Sw-ke-homa.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-homa.flac/Sw-ke-homa.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:homa"
  ],
  "word": "homa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class IX nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "jaundice",
      "word": "homa ya manjano"
    },
    {
      "english": "typhoid",
      "word": "homa ya matumbo"
    },
    {
      "english": "monkeypox, mpox",
      "word": "homa ya nyani"
    },
    {
      "english": "meningitis",
      "word": "homa ya uti wa mgongo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "حُمَّة"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "homa class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "homa class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "homa class IX (plural homa class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fever",
          "fever"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili euphemisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any illness or infection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illness",
          "illness"
        ],
        [
          "infection",
          "infection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) any illness or infection"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-homa.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-homa.flac/Sw-ke-homa.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sw-ke-homa.flac/Sw-ke-homa.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "fever",
      "word": "harara"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:homa"
  ],
  "word": "homa"
}

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