"kifungu" meaning in Swahili

See kifungu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kifungu.flac Forms: kifungu class VII [canonical], vifungu class VIII [plural]
Etymology: From ki- + fungu. Etymology templates: {{af|sw|ki-|fungu}} ki- + fungu Head templates: {{sw-noun|vi}} kifungu class VII (plural vifungu class VIII)
  1. a paragraph or section of text Categories (topical): Writing
    Sense id: en-kifungu-sw-noun-IzSTktxi Disambiguation of Writing: 98 2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with ki- Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with ki-: 84 16
  2. a bar of music Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-kifungu-sw-noun-tEyqAdtL Disambiguation of Music: 33 67

Inflected forms

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