"kisima" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

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

Inflected forms

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          "english": "It is like a shallow well where charges a young bull;",
          "ref": "18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi, stanza 14:",
          "roman": "Ni-kama kisima kisicho ombe, chenye mta-paa mwana wa-ng'ombe,",
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