"kizazi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kizazi.flac [Kenya] Forms: vizazi [plural]
Etymology: From ki- + zaa (“to give birth”) + -zi. Etymology templates: {{affix|sw|ki-|zaa|-zi|t2=to give birth}} ki- + zaa (“to give birth”) + -zi Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kizazi, {{sw-noun|ki}} kizazi (ki-vi class, plural vizazi)
  1. lineage (descent) Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kizazi-sw-noun-bRSBN9Mj Categories (other): Swahili terms prefixed with ki- Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with ki-: 41 59
  2. generation (single step or stage in the succession of natural descent) Tags: class-7, class-8
    Sense id: en-kizazi-sw-noun-kIzdhfr0 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with ki-, Swahili terms suffixed with -zi Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with ki-: 41 59 Disambiguation of Swahili terms suffixed with -zi: 25 75

Inflected forms

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

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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ki- + zaa (“to give birth”) + -zi.",
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    {
      "form": "vizazi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "41 59",
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      ],
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        "class-8"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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    }
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms prefixed with ki-",
    "Swahili terms suffixed with -zi",
    "Swahili terms with audio links"
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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 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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