"shamba" meaning in Swahili

See shamba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɑ.ᵐbɑ/ Audio: Sw-ke-shamba.flac Forms: shamba class V [canonical], mashamba class VI [plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} shamba class V (plural mashamba class VI)
  1. garden, farm (any land that is cultivated), field, plantation
    Sense id: en-shamba-sw-noun-z7JJ5h8Z Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Horticulture Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Horticulture: 50 50
  2. (in the plural) the countryside Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-shamba-sw-noun-QJEbpoLS Categories (other): Horticulture Disambiguation of Horticulture: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mshamba
Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0

Inflected forms

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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "plantation",
          "plantation"
        ]
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      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃɑ.ᵐbɑ/"
    },
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "sw:Agriculture",
    "sw:Horticulture"
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    },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        [
          "plantation",
          "plantation"
        ]
      ]
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      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃɑ.ᵐbɑ/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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