"saa" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-saa.flac [Kenya] Forms: saa [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|سَاعَة|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa), {{bor+|sw|ar|سَاعَة}} Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} saa, {{sw-noun|n}} saa (n class, plural saa)
  1. hour Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-saa-sw-noun-msCt1HXd
  2. clock Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-saa-sw-noun-2BmO-jYE
  3. o'clock (followed by the number in question) Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-saa-sw-noun-6HMmWNqP Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 96 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for saa meaning in Swahili (3.3kB)

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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"
    },
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      "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"
    }
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سَاعَة",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سَاعَة"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "saa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "saa",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "saa (n class, plural saa)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "hour"
      ],
      "id": "en-saa-sw-noun-msCt1HXd",
      "links": [
        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clock"
      ],
      "id": "en-saa-sw-noun-2BmO-jYE",
      "links": [
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "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"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:saa"
  ],
  "word": "saa"
}
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    "Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili n class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms with audio links",
    "sw:Time"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "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"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سَاعَة",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "saa",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "saa (n class, plural saa)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hour",
          "hour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "o'clock (followed by the number in question)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "o'clock",
          "o'clock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Kenya)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:saa"
  ],
  "word": "saa"
}

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