"nyanya" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-nyanya.flac Forms: nyanya class IX [canonical], nyanya class X [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sw|bnt-pro||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu [Term?], {{inh+|sw|bnt-pro}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} nyanya class IX (plural nyanya class X)
  1. tomato (fruit) Synonyms: tomato
    Sense id: en-nyanya-sw-noun-FZ-UhIWx Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Vegetables Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 25 31 32 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 31 32 13 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 59 41
  2. (Kenya) grandmother (mother of someone's parent) Tags: Kenya Synonyms: bibi
    Sense id: en-nyanya-sw-noun-ub~I5KVr Categories (other): Kenyan Swahili, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 25 31 32 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 31 32 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mnyanya
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0
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