"kikunawingu" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kikunawingu.flac Forms: vikunawingu [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: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kikunawingu, {{sw-noun|ki-vi}} kikunawingu (ki-vi class, plural vikunawingu)
  1. skyscraper (tall building with large number of floors) Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kikunawingu-sw-noun-G9wljcwn Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for kikunawingu meaning in Swahili (1.3kB)

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