"jina" meaning in Swahili

See jina in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-jina.flac Forms: jina class V [canonical], majina class VI [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ìjínà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*ìjínà}} Proto-Bantu *ìjínà Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma|majina}} jina class V (plural majina class VI)
  1. name
    Sense id: en-jina-sw-noun-gqNTf~Db
  2. (grammar) noun Categories (topical): Grammar, Onomastics Synonyms: nomino
    Sense id: en-jina-sw-noun-E1HVLO5s Disambiguation of Onomastics: 26 74 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jina lako nani, kitenzi jina

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "sw",
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      "name": "inh"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *ìjínà.",
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    {
      "form": "jina class V",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "majina class VI",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ]
    },
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          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "sw:Grammar",
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            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "(grammar) noun"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "nomino"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
    "sw:Onomastics"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "jina lako nani"
    },
    {
      "word": "kitenzi jina"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*ìjínà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *ìjínà",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *ìjínà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jina class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "majina class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "majina"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "name"
      ],
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          "name"
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      ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nomino"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:jina"
  ],
  "word": "jina"
}

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