"kisawe" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kisawe.flac [Kenya] Forms: visawe [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from Arabic مُسَاوٍ (musāwin, “equalling”). Etymology templates: {{bor|sw|ar|مُسَاوٍ|t=equalling}} Arabic مُسَاوٍ (musāwin, “equalling”), {{root|sw|ar|س و ي}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kisawe, {{sw-noun|vi}} kisawe (ki-vi class, plural visawe)
  1. synonym (word with same meaning as another) Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: sinonimu

Inflected forms

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

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