"polisi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-polisi.flac [Kenya] Forms: polisi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English police. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|en|police|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English police, {{bor+|sw|en|police}} Borrowed from English police Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} polisi, {{sw-noun|n}} polisi (n class, plural polisi)
  1. police (an organisation that enforces the law) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-polisi-sw-noun-Y0TWN00e Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 62 38 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-polisi.flac [Kenya] Forms: mapolisi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English police. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|en|police|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English police, {{bor+|sw|en|police}} Borrowed from English police Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} polisi, {{sw-noun|ma}} polisi (ma class, plural mapolisi)
  1. police officer Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms (officer): afisa wa polisi, afisa wa usalama
    Sense id: en-polisi-sw-noun-lur~KYyi Disambiguation of Occupations: 25 75

Inflected forms

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