"jamaa" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-jamaa.flac Forms: jamaa class IX [canonical], jamaa class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|جَمَاعَة}} Borrowed from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa), {{root|sw|ar|ج م ع}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} jamaa class IX (plural jamaa class X)
  1. relative; family member (someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption)
    Sense id: en-jamaa-sw-noun-oD7Y3-xB Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 11 13 63 11 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 75 7 2 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 85 14 1
  2. dude, guy, bloke (used to refer to someone unknown in a friendly way)
    Sense id: en-jamaa-sw-noun-4J-9pxvZ
  3. (in the plural) family Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-jamaa-sw-noun-00pWmreq Disambiguation of Family: 14 16 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ujamaa, jamani
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