"kasa" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kasa.flac [Kenya] Forms: kasa [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|fa||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Persian [Term?], {{bor+|sw|fa}} Borrowed from Persian [Term?] Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kasa, {{sw-noun|n}} kasa (n class, plural kasa)
  1. sea turtle Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (lifeform): Turtles Related terms: kobe
    Sense id: en-kasa-sw-noun-6nmNrRbb Disambiguation of Turtles: 81 19 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup, Swahili particles Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of Swahili particles: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

Audio: Sw-ke-kasa.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: From Arabic قَصَّ (qaṣṣa, “cut”) or a related form. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|قَصَّ|t=cut}} Arabic قَصَّ (qaṣṣa, “cut”), {{root|sw|ar|ق ص ص}} Head templates: {{head|sw|particle}} kasa
  1. Only used in kasa robo
    Sense id: en-kasa-sw-particle-swvMZfu6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for kasa meaning in Swahili (3.0kB)

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