"mchungaji" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mchungaji.flac Forms: wachungaji [plural]
Etymology: From m- + -chunga (“to herd, to take care of”) + -aji. The second sense is an extension of the first, as a calque of Latin pastor. Etymology templates: {{af|sw|m-|chunga|-aji|alt2=-chunga|gloss2=to herd, to take care of}} m- + -chunga (“to herd, to take care of”) + -aji, {{noncog|la|pastor}} Latin pastor Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mchungaji, {{sw-noun|wa}} mchungaji (m-wa class, plural wachungaji)
  1. herdsman, shepherd Tags: class-1, class-2
    Sense id: en-mchungaji-sw-noun-N70gRFoo
  2. (Christianity) pastor, priest Tags: class-1, class-2 Categories (topical): Christianity, Occupations
    Sense id: en-mchungaji-sw-noun-i6q1Jxfl Disambiguation of Occupations: 42 58 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m-, Swahili terms suffixed with -aji Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 42 58 Disambiguation of Swahili terms suffixed with -aji: 20 80 Topics: Christianity

Inflected forms

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