"mpira wa kikapu" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mpira wa kikapu.flac
Etymology: Literally, “ball of basket”, a calque of English basketball. Etymology templates: {{m-g|ball of basket}} “ball of basket”, {{lit|ball of basket}} Literally, “ball of basket”, {{calque|sw|en|basketball|nocap=1}} calque of English basketball Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mpira wa kikapu, {{sw-noun|mi|-}} mpira wa kikapu (m-mi class, no plural)
  1. basketball Wikipedia link: sw:mpira wa kikapu Tags: class-3, class-4, no-plural Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-mpira_wa_kikapu-sw-noun-8CyWNXSB Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
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