"umeme" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-umeme.flac Forms: umeme class XI [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro}} Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|u|-}} umeme class XI (no plural)
  1. lightning Tags: no-plural
    Sense id: en-umeme-sw-noun-Adtxq4BI Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Electromagnetism Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Electromagnetism: 54 46
  2. (informal) electricity (form of energy) Tags: informal, no-plural Synonyms: stima
    Sense id: en-umeme-sw-noun-cyDp1F4O Categories (other): Electromagnetism Disambiguation of Electromagnetism: 54 46
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