"sawa" meaning in Swahili

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Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-sawa.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|سَوَاء|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ), {{bor+|sw|ar|سَوَاء}} Borrowed from Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ), {{root|sw|ar|س و ي}} Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|invariable|cat2=indeclinable adjectives|head=}} sawa (invariable), {{sw-adj|inv}} sawa (invariable)
  1. equal Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-sawa-sw-adj--dbNHtXP Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 68 32

Interjection

Audio: Sw-ke-sawa.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|سَوَاء|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ), {{bor+|sw|ar|سَوَاء}} Borrowed from Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ), {{root|sw|ar|س و ي}} Head templates: {{head|sw|interjection}} sawa
  1. okay Derived forms: -sawazisha (english: to make equal) [causative, verb], -sawazika [stative, verb] Derived forms (Other derivations): sawasawa
    Sense id: en-sawa-sw-intj-alge6QEY

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sawa meaning in Swahili (3.1kB)

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