"mwimbaji" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mwimbaji.flac [Kenya] Forms: wimbaji [plural]
Etymology: From mw- + -imba (“to sing”) + -ji. Etymology templates: {{af|sw|m-|imba|-ji|alt1=mw-|alt2=-imba|t2=to sing}} mw- + -imba (“to sing”) + -ji Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mwimbaji, {{sw-noun|wa|wimbaji}} mwimbaji (m-wa class, plural wimbaji)
  1. singer Tags: class-1, class-2 Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-mwimbaji-sw-noun-ktdLuL3b Disambiguation of Occupations: 54 46 Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with m-, Swahili terms suffixed with -ji Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Swahili terms suffixed with -ji: 75 25
  2. chorister Tags: class-1, class-2 Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-mwimbaji-sw-noun-BnV-wvl7 Disambiguation of Occupations: 54 46 Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Categories (other): Swahili terms prefixed with m- Disambiguation of Swahili terms prefixed with m-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: muimbaji

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for mwimbaji meaning in Swahili (2.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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