"pi" meaning in Swahili

See pi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

Audio: Sw-ke-pi.flac
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro}} Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{head|sw|particle}} pi Inflection templates: {{sw-decl|ji=lipi|m1=yupi|m2=upi|ma=yapi|mi=ipi|n1=ipi|n2=zipi|u=upi|wa=wepi}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], yupi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], wepi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], upi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], ipi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], lipi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], yapi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], kipi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], vipi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], ipi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], zipi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], papi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], kupi [error-unrecognized-form, singular], mupi [error-unrecognized-form, singular]
  1. Suffix used as an alternative to gani to more specifically say "which" of a known noun class. Related terms: gani, -po: definite place indicator, -ko: indefinite place indicator, -mo: of a definite place indicator (english: inside)
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Download raw JSONL data for pi meaning in Swahili (2.9kB)

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