"nchi" meaning in Swahili

See nchi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-nchi.flac Forms: nchi class IX [canonical], nchi class X [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro}} Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} nchi class IX (plural nchi class X)
  1. country (nation state) Categories (place): Polities Synonyms: taifa
    Sense id: en-nchi-sw-noun-t2sXz-8a Disambiguation of Polities: 98 2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 99 1
  2. earth (inhabited world) Synonyms: dunia
    Sense id: en-nchi-sw-noun-hN0H7OCN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inchi Derived forms: mwananchi, nchi ya ajabu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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    },
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  "lang_code": "sw",
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        },
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        },
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            "Proper nouns",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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        }
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      ],
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          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dunia"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "inchi"
    }
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    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nchi class X",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        }
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}

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