"kima" meaning in Swahili

See kima in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kima.flac [Kenya] Forms: vima [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic قِيمة (qīma). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|قِيمة|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic قِيمة (qīma), {{bor+|sw|ar|قِيمة}} Borrowed from Arabic قِيمة (qīma), {{root|sw|ar|ق و م}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kima, {{sw-noun|vi}} kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)
  1. extent, measure, value, amount, price Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kima-sw-noun-~r7xjWWL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kima.flac [Kenya] Forms: vima [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi क़ीमा (qīmā)/Urdu قیمہ (qīma), from Persian قیمه (qime), ultimately from Turkic, perhaps Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|hi|क़ीमा}} Hindi क़ीमा (qīmā), {{der|sw|ur|قیمہ|tr=qīma}} Urdu قیمہ (qīma), {{der|sw|fa|قیمه|tr=qime}} Persian قیمه (qime), {{der|sw|trk}} Turkic, {{cog|ota|قیمه|tr=kıyma}} Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kima, {{sw-noun|vi}} kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)
  1. keema, a type of mincemeat Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Meats
    Sense id: en-kima-sw-noun-PwepPegE Disambiguation of Meats: 5 46 42 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kima.flac [Kenya] Forms: vima [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kima, {{sw-noun|vi}} kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)
  1. blue monkey Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Meats Categories (lifeform): Primates Related terms (Chinese zodiac signs): alama za unajimu wa Kichina
    Sense id: en-kima-sw-noun-lwFD~4yS Disambiguation of Meats: 5 46 42 7 Disambiguation of Primates: 2 18 65 15 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 6 18 64 13 Disambiguation of 'Chinese zodiac signs': 88 12
  2. any monkey in general Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kima-sw-noun-ipIc24pK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3 Related terms: panya (english: rat), ng'ombe (english: ox), chui milia (english: tiger), babara, sungura (english: rabbit), dragoni (english: dragon), nyoka (english: snake), farasi (english: horse), mbuzi (english: goat), jogoo (english: rooster), jimbi, mbwa (english: dog), nguruwe [edit] (english: pig)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kima.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/Sw-ke-kima.flac/Sw-ke-kima.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/Sw-ke-kima.flac/Sw-ke-kima.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kima"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.