"kisa" meaning in Swahili

See kisa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kisa.flac Forms: visa [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|قِصَّة}} Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa), {{root|sw|ar|ق ص ص}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kisa, {{sw-noun|vi}} kisa (ki-vi class, plural visa)
  1. event, episode, occasion Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kisa-sw-noun-Prbgl8Dl
  2. explanation, narrative, account Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kisa-sw-noun-4G5EBv1R Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 23 77

Inflected forms

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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ق ص ص"
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          "occasion"
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        ]
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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 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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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