"kapteni" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kapteni.flac Forms: kapteni class V [canonical], makapteni class VI [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English captain. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|en|captain}} Borrowed from English captain Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} kapteni class V (plural makapteni class VI)
  1. captain (military position)
    Sense id: en-kapteni-sw-noun-udnEVN8k Categories (other): Military ranks Disambiguation of Military ranks: 74 26
  2. captain (leader of a sports team)
    Sense id: en-kapteni-sw-noun-AbBFr6xq Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Sports Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Sports: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ukapteni (english: captaincy) Related terms: nahodha (english: captain (of a ship))

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "captaincy",
      "word": "ukapteni"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "captain"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English captain",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English captain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kapteni class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makapteni class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "captain (of a ship)",
      "word": "nahodha"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Military ranks",
          "orig": "sw:Military ranks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "captain (military position)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kapteni-sw-noun-udnEVN8k",
      "links": [
        [
          "captain",
          "captain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "sw:Sports",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "captain (leader of a sports team)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kapteni-sw-noun-AbBFr6xq",
      "links": [
        [
          "captain",
          "captain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "kapteni"
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{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class V nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from English",
    "Swahili terms derived from English",
    "sw:Military ranks",
    "sw:Sports"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "captaincy",
      "word": "ukapteni"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "kapteni class V",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "makapteni class VI",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "captain (of a ship)",
      "word": "nahodha"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "captain (military position)"
      ],
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        [
          "captain",
          "captain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "captain (leader of a sports team)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "captain",
          "captain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    "sw:kapteni"
  ],
  "word": "kapteni"
}

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