"nyumba" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-nyumba.flac [Kenya] Forms: nyumba [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. Cognate to Luganda ennyumba. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*njʊ̀mbá}} Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá, {{cog|lg|ennyumba}} Luganda ennyumba Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} nyumba, {{sw-noun|n}} nyumba (n class, plural nyumba)
  1. house Wikipedia link: sw:nyumba Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Buildings Derived forms: chumba (english: room), jumba (english: mansion), nyumba ya uzazi (english: womb), unyumba (english: married life)
    Sense id: en-nyumba-sw-noun-1uIShmIa Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for nyumba meaning in Swahili (1.7kB)

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