"mgeni" meaning in Swahili

See mgeni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-mgeni.flac
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gènì. By surface analysis, m- + -geni (“foreign, strange”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀gènì}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gènì, {{surf|sw|m-|geni|alt2=-geni|gloss2=foreign, strange}} By surface analysis, m- + -geni (“foreign, strange”) Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective form}} mgeni
  1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] inflected form of -geni
    Sense id: en-mgeni-sw-adj-o~5oLwWH Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m- Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 5 20 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 5 15 15 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 41 5 15 39 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 30 6 29 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mgeni.flac Forms: mgeni class I [canonical], wageni class II [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gènì. By surface analysis, m- + -geni (“foreign, strange”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀gènì}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gènì, {{surf|sw|m-|geni|alt2=-geni|gloss2=foreign, strange}} By surface analysis, m- + -geni (“foreign, strange”) Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa}} mgeni class I (plural wageni class II)
  1. foreigner Synonyms: ajinabi
    Sense id: en-mgeni-sw-noun-qTkQByOd
  2. stranger
    Sense id: en-mgeni-sw-noun-ispPNndP Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m- Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 41 5 15 39 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 30 6 29 35
  3. guest, visitor
    Sense id: en-mgeni-sw-noun-hDWU-ylg Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m- Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 41 5 15 39 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 30 6 29 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: મગેની (magenī)",
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      "text": "→ Gujarati: મગેની (magenī)"
    }
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      "form": "mgeni class I",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wageni class II",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        }
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        },
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          "_dis": "30 6 29 35",
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          "stranger"
        ]
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          "guest"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
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          "geni#Swahili"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "wageni class II",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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Download raw JSONL data for mgeni meaning in Swahili (3.3kB)

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