"kisima" meaning in Swahili

See kisima in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kisima.flac [Kenya] Forms: visima [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|bnt-pro}} Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kisima, {{sw-noun|vi}} kisima (ki-vi class, plural visima)
  1. well (hole sunk into the ground) Wikipedia link: sw:kisima Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kisima-sw-noun-jPqIf~AR Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kisima meaning in Swahili (1.2kB)

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