"kifungu" meaning in Swahili

See kifungu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kifungu.flac [Kenya] Forms: vifungu [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kifungu, {{sw-noun|vi}} kifungu (ki-vi class, plural vifungu)
  1. a paragraph or section of text Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Writing
    Sense id: en-kifungu-sw-noun-IzSTktxi Disambiguation of Writing: 97 3 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. a bar of music Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-kifungu-sw-noun-tEyqAdtL Disambiguation of Music: 13 87

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kifungu meaning in Swahili (1.6kB)

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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 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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