"sababu" meaning in Swahili

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to cause",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sababisha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sababika"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سَبَبْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "س ب ب"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sababu class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sababu class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "sababu class IX (plural sababu class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 5 18 5 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 5 18 5 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "motive"
      ],
      "id": "en-sababu-sw-noun-4Xq-DiP1",
      "links": [
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reason"
      ],
      "id": "en-sababu-sw-noun-j8~M9nWx",
      "links": [
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 5 18 5 36",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 5 18 5 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 3 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "33 0 67",
          "english": "because",
          "sense": "Other derivations",
          "word": "kwa sababu"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cause"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:sababu"
  ],
  "word": "sababu"
}

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    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class IX nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root س ب ب"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to cause",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sababisha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-sababika"
    },
    {
      "english": "because",
      "sense": "Other derivations",
      "word": "kwa sababu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سَبَبْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "س ب ب"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sababu class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sababu class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "motive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reason"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cause"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
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  ],
  "word": "sababu"
}