"kaskazini" meaning in Swahili

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Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-kaskazini.flac
Etymology: From kaskazi (“Northern Wind”) + -ni. Etymology templates: {{suffix|sw|kaskazi|ni|gloss1=Northern Wind}} kaskazi (“Northern Wind”) + -ni Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective}} kaskazini
  1. north, northern
    Sense id: en-kaskazini-sw-adj-A4hXK~6r

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kaskazini.flac Forms: kaskazini class IX [canonical], kaskazini class X [plural]
Etymology: From kaskazi (“Northern Wind”) + -ni. Etymology templates: {{suffix|sw|kaskazi|ni|gloss1=Northern Wind}} kaskazi (“Northern Wind”) + -ni Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} kaskazini class IX (plural kaskazini class X)
  1. The north Categories (topical): Compass points Related terms: kusini, magharibi, mashariki
    Sense id: en-kaskazini-sw-noun-EAMUE2tN Disambiguation of Compass points: 11 89 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms suffixed with -ni Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Swahili terms suffixed with -ni: 0 100
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