"msemaji" meaning in Swahili

See msemaji in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-msemaji.flac Forms: msemaji class I [canonical], wasemaji class II [plural]
Etymology: From -sema (“speak”). Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa}} msemaji class I (plural wasemaji class II)
  1. speaker, orator
    Sense id: en-msemaji-sw-noun-k6KJI~QS
  2. speaker (one who speaks)
    Sense id: en-msemaji-sw-noun-Ipv4NLfw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Occupations: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: msemi Derived forms: usemaji Related terms: spika

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "usemaji"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -sema (“speak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "msemaji class I",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasemaji class II",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "msemaji class I (plural wasemaji class II)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spika"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "speaker, orator"
      ],
      "id": "en-msemaji-sw-noun-k6KJI~QS",
      "links": [
        [
          "speaker",
          "speaker"
        ],
        [
          "orator",
          "orator"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "sw:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speaker (one who speaks)"
      ],
      "id": "en-msemaji-sw-noun-Ipv4NLfw",
      "links": [
        [
          "speaker",
          "speaker"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-msemaji.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/Sw-ke-msemaji.flac/Sw-ke-msemaji.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/Sw-ke-msemaji.flac/Sw-ke-msemaji.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "msemi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "msemaji"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class I nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "sw:Occupations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "usemaji"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -sema (“speak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "msemaji class I",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasemaji class II",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "msemaji class I (plural wasemaji class II)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spika"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "speaker, orator"
      ],
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        [
          "speaker",
          "speaker"
        ],
        [
          "orator",
          "orator"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "speaker (one who speaks)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speaker",
          "speaker"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-msemaji.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/Sw-ke-msemaji.flac/Sw-ke-msemaji.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/Sw-ke-msemaji.flac/Sw-ke-msemaji.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "msemi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "msemaji"
}

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