"kikunawingu" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kikunawingu.flac Forms: kikunawingu class VII [canonical], vikunawingu class VIII [plural]
Etymology: From kuna + wingu, a calque of English skyscraper. Etymology templates: {{compound|sw|kuna|wingu}} kuna + wingu, {{calque|sw|en|skyscraper|nocap=1}} calque of English skyscraper Head templates: {{sw-noun|ki-vi}} kikunawingu class VII (plural vikunawingu class VIII)
  1. skyscraper (tall building with large number of floors)
    Sense id: en-kikunawingu-sw-noun-G9wljcwn Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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