"wakati" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-wakati.flac [Kenya] Forms: nyakati [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic وَقْت (waqt). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|وَقْت}} Arabic وَقْت (waqt), {{root|sw|ar|و ق ت}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} wakati, {{sw-noun|u}} wakati (u class, plural nyakati)
  1. time; timing Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14 Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: wakaa
    Sense id: en-wakati-sw-noun--hnsmyAT Disambiguation of Time: 89 11
  2. (grammar) tense Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14 Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-wakati-sw-noun-3rjMJfAU Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wakati meaning in Swahili (2.2kB)

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