"kipimo" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kipimo.flac [Kenya] Forms: vipimo [plural]
Etymology: From ki- + -pima (“to measure”). Etymology templates: {{af|sw|ki-|pima|alt2=-pima|t2=to measure}} ki- + -pima (“to measure”) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kipimo, {{sw-noun|ki-vi}} kipimo (ki-vi class, plural vipimo)
  1. measurement (magnitude determined by measuring) Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kipimo-sw-noun-Lag2H75F
  2. any tool used to measure something Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Measuring instruments
    Sense id: en-kipimo-sw-noun-O4K5Rt73 Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 29 71 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with ki- Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with ki-: 26 74

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kipimo meaning in Swahili (1.8kB)

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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 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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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