"saa" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-saa.flac Forms: saa class IX [canonical], saa class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|سَاعَة}} Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa) Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} saa class IX (plural saa class X)
  1. hour
    Sense id: en-saa-sw-noun-msCt1HXd
  2. clock
    Sense id: en-saa-sw-noun-2BmO-jYE
  3. o'clock (followed by the number in question)
    Sense id: en-saa-sw-noun-6HMmWNqP Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "topical",
      "langcode": "sw",
      "name": "Time",
      "orig": "sw:Time",
      "parents": [
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
      ],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "irk",
            "2": "saa'a",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Iraqw: saa'a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Iraqw: saa'a"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "thaa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kikuyu: thaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kikuyu: thaa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luo",
            "2": "sa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luo: sa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luo: sa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "sâ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: sâ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: sâ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lg",
            "2": "essaawa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luganda: essaawa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luganda: essaawa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pko",
            "2": "saa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pökoot: saa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pökoot: saa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rw",
            "2": "isaha",
            "3": "saa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: isaha, saa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: isaha, saa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سَاعَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saa class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saa class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "saa class IX (plural saa class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hour"
      ],
      "id": "en-saa-sw-noun-msCt1HXd",
      "links": [
        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clock"
      ],
      "id": "en-saa-sw-noun-2BmO-jYE",
      "links": [
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "o'clock (followed by the number in question)"
      ],
      "id": "en-saa-sw-noun-6HMmWNqP",
      "links": [
        [
          "o'clock",
          "o'clock"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-saa.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Sw-ke-saa.flac/Sw-ke-saa.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Sw-ke-saa.flac/Sw-ke-saa.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:saa"
  ],
  "word": "saa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 18 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class IX nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "sw:Time"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "irk",
            "2": "saa'a",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Iraqw: saa'a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Iraqw: saa'a"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "thaa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kikuyu: thaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kikuyu: thaa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luo",
            "2": "sa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luo: sa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luo: sa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "sâ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: sâ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: sâ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lg",
            "2": "essaawa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luganda: essaawa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luganda: essaawa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pko",
            "2": "saa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pökoot: saa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pökoot: saa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rw",
            "2": "isaha",
            "3": "saa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: isaha, saa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rwanda-Rundi: isaha, saa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سَاعَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saa class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saa class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "saa class IX (plural saa class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "o'clock (followed by the number in question)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "o'clock",
          "o'clock"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-saa.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Sw-ke-saa.flac/Sw-ke-saa.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Sw-ke-saa.flac/Sw-ke-saa.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:saa"
  ],
  "word": "saa"
}

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