"wala" meaning in Swahili

See wala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

Audio: Sw-ke-wala.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَلَا (walā, “and not”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|وَلَا||and not|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic وَلَا (walā, “and not”), {{bor+|sw|ar|وَلَا||and not}} Borrowed from Arabic وَلَا (walā, “and not”) Head templates: {{head|sw|conjunction}} wala
  1. (in a negative sentence) and
    Sense id: en-wala-sw-conj-YgERG4Og
  2. (in a negative sentence) or
    Sense id: en-wala-sw-conj-cXVRejcL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-wala.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|sw|noun plural form}} wala
  1. plural of mla Tags: form-of, plural Form of: mla
    Sense id: en-wala-sw-noun-tpVNv0dq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Audio: Sw-ke-wala.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|sw|verb form}} wala
  1. inflection of -la:
    second-person singular gnomic
    Tags: form-of, gnomic, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-wala-sw-verb-~EEl8qPo
  2. inflection of -la:
    third-person plural ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]]) gnomic
    Tags: form-of
    Sense id: en-wala-sw-verb-BkLnFJ7v
  3. inflection of -la:
    [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]] and [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] gnomic
    Tags: form-of
    Sense id: en-wala-sw-verb-vrpuUkxp Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 5 26 14 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for wala meaning in Swahili (3.9kB)

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