"wavu" meaning in Swahili

See wavu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-wavu.flac Forms: wavu class XI [canonical], nyavu class X [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro}} Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|u}} wavu class XI (plural nyavu class X)
  1. net
    Sense id: en-wavu-sw-noun-oIoPy96v
  2. (by extension) Internet Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Internet, Tools
    Sense id: en-wavu-sw-noun-V-ikMd7s Disambiguation of Internet: 4 96 Disambiguation of Tools: 13 87 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mpira wa wavu, wavuti

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mpira wa wavu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wavuti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu [Term?].",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wavu class XI",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyavu class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u"
      },
      "expansion": "wavu class XI (plural nyavu class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "net"
      ],
      "id": "en-wavu-sw-noun-oIoPy96v",
      "links": [
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "sw:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "sw:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "id": "en-wavu-sw-noun-V-ikMd7s",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Internet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-wavu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Sw-ke-wavu.flac/Sw-ke-wavu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Sw-ke-wavu.flac/Sw-ke-wavu.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wavu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili class XI nouns",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
    "sw:Internet",
    "sw:Tools"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mpira wa wavu"
    },
    {
      "word": "wavuti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "bnt-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu [Term?].",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wavu class XI",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nyavu class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u"
      },
      "expansion": "wavu class XI (plural nyavu class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "net"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Internet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-wavu.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Sw-ke-wavu.flac/Sw-ke-wavu.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Sw-ke-wavu.flac/Sw-ke-wavu.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wavu"
}

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