"kifafa" meaning in Swahili

See kifafa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kifafa.flac [Kenya] Forms: vifafa [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kifafa, {{sw-noun|vi}} kifafa (ki-vi class, plural vifafa)
  1. (uncountable) epilepsy Tags: class-7, class-8, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kifafa-sw-noun-D2R4Ib6B Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. epileptic seizure Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-kifafa-sw-noun-I-jQbZzq Disambiguation of Pathology: 30 70

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kifafa meaning in Swahili (1.4kB)

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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 2024-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e268c0e and 304864d). 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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