"suala" meaning in Swahili

See suala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-suala.flac Forms: masuala [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|سُؤَال}} Borrowed from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl), {{root|sw|ar|س ء ل}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} suala, {{sw-noun|ma}} suala (ma class, plural masuala)
  1. question, problem, issue (question or situation to be resolved) Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-suala-sw-noun--wnrflVF Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سُؤَال"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "س ء ل"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "masuala",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "suala",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "suala (ma class, plural masuala)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "question, problem, issue (question or situation to be resolved)"
      ],
      "id": "en-suala-sw-noun--wnrflVF",
      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "Sw-ke-suala.flac",
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    }
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}
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        "2": "ar",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "س ء ل"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "masuala",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili ma class nouns",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
        "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root س ء ل"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "question, problem, issue (question or situation to be resolved)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "Sw-ke-suala.flac",
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    }
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