"mpumbavu" meaning in Swahili

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Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-mpumbavu.flac
Etymology: From m- + -pumbavu (“stupid; foolish”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|sw|m-|pumbavu|alt2=-pumbavu|t2=stupid; foolish}} m- + -pumbavu (“stupid; foolish”) Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective form}} mpumbavu
  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 -pumbavu Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-mpumbavu-sw-adj-chLYxZx4 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 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: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 92 8

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mpumbavu.flac Forms: mpumbavu class I [canonical], wapumbavu class II [plural]
Etymology: From m- + -pumbavu (“stupid; foolish”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|sw|m-|pumbavu|alt2=-pumbavu|t2=stupid; foolish}} m- + -pumbavu (“stupid; foolish”) Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa}} mpumbavu class I (plural wapumbavu class II)
  1. a fool; an idiot
    Sense id: en-mpumbavu-sw-noun-Z8VW9xpN

Inflected forms

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