"kaimu" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kaimu.flac [Kenya] Forms: makaimu [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|قَائِم|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim), {{bor+|sw|ar|قَائِم}} Borrowed from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kaimu, {{sw-noun|ma}} kaimu (ma class, plural makaimu)
  1. an agent or representative Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-kaimu-sw-noun-wF003wMH Disambiguation of Politics: 100 0
  2. one who holds a vice title (that which is in place of; subordinate to) Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-kaimu-sw-noun-hr2c3DcF Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 6 94

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kaimu meaning in Swahili (2.0kB)

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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 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). 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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