"pwani" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpwɑ.ni/ Audio: Sw-ke-pwani.flac Forms: in the [adverbial, class-16, locative, noun], ku [adverbial, locative, noun], puani [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun form|adverbial locative noun in the pa, ku, or mu locative classes|cat2=noun locative forms|head=}} pwani (adverbial locative noun in the pa, ku, or mu locative classes)
  1. locative of pwa: at the coastline Tags: form-of, locative Form of: pwa (extra: at the coastline)
    Sense id: en-pwani-sw-noun-zWHXlGtY

Noun

IPA: /ˈpwɑ.ni/ Audio: Sw-ke-pwani.flac Forms: pwani class XVI [canonical], puani [alternative]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|pa}} pwani class XVI (no plural)
  1. coast, shore Tags: no-plural Categories (topical): Geography
    Sense id: en-pwani-sw-noun-s-EWHX9J Disambiguation of Geography: 12 88 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 37 63

Alternative forms

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      "form": "in the",
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        "adverbial",
        "class-16",
        "locative",
        "noun"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "coastline"
        ]
      ],
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        "locative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpwɑ.ni/"
    },
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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    "Swahili non-lemma forms",
    "Swahili noun forms",
    "Swahili noun locative forms",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili uncountable nouns",
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        "noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "locative",
        "noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puani",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      ],
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          "coastline"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈpwɑ.ni/"
    },
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      ]
    }
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      },
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      ],
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          "coast"
        ],
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          "shore"
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    },
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Download raw JSONL data for pwani meaning in Swahili (2.3kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: mu locative classes",
  "path": [
    "pwani"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "pwani",
  "trace": ""
}

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