"kiwete" meaning in Swahili

See kiwete in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kiwete.flac Forms: kiwete class VII [canonical], viwete class VIII [plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|vi}} kiwete class VII (plural viwete class VIII)
  1. a lame person (a person with a disability that makes them unable to walk easily, if at all)
    Sense id: en-kiwete-sw-noun-M-QBjJwo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Disability, People

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "kiwete class VII",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "viwete class VIII",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "kiwete class VII (plural viwete class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Disability",
          "orig": "sw:Disability",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "sw:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lame person (a person with a disability that makes them unable to walk easily, if at all)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kiwete-sw-noun-M-QBjJwo",
      "links": [
        [
          "lame",
          "lame"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kiwete.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/Sw-ke-kiwete.flac/Sw-ke-kiwete.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/Sw-ke-kiwete.flac/Sw-ke-kiwete.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiwete"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kiwete class VII",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "viwete class VIII",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "kiwete class VII (plural viwete class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class VII nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "sw:Disability",
        "sw:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lame person (a person with a disability that makes them unable to walk easily, if at all)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lame",
          "lame"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kiwete.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/Sw-ke-kiwete.flac/Sw-ke-kiwete.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/Sw-ke-kiwete.flac/Sw-ke-kiwete.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kiwete"
}

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