"mtapitapi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mtapitapi.flac Forms: watapitapi [class-ii, plural]
Etymology: From m- + -tapatapa (“to fret; to be anxious”) + -i. Etymology templates: {{af|sw|m-|tapatapa<alt:-tapatapa><t:to fret; to be anxious>|-i<id:nominal>}} m- + -tapatapa (“to fret; to be anxious”) + -i Head templates: {{sw-noun|wa}} mtapitapi class I (plural watapitapi class II)
  1. anxious person Tags: class-i
    Sense id: en-mtapitapi-sw-noun-bKxl9j2l Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m-, Swahili terms suffixed with -i (nominal), People

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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