"spika" meaning in Swahili

See spika in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-spika.flac Forms: spika [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English speaker. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|en|speaker}} Borrowed from English speaker Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} spika, {{sw-noun|n}} spika (n class, plural spika)
  1. speaker (device to amplify sound) Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-spika-sw-noun-eAjUeUnY

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-spika.flac Forms: maspika [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English speaker. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|en|speaker}} Borrowed from English speaker Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} spika, {{sw-noun|ma}} spika (ma class, plural maspika)
  1. (politics) speaker (presiding member in a legislative body) Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-spika-sw-noun-bJcXYIA6 Categories (other): Swahili terms with collocations, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Topics: government, politics

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (94ba7e1 and 5dea2a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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