"chai" meaning in Swahili

See chai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-chai.flac
  1. Thé.
    Sense id: fr-chai-sw-noun-B6assdVz Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en swahili
  2. Feuilles de thé. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-chai-sw-noun-0yhRIUag Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en swahili
  3. Petit déjeuner.
  4. Petit pot-de-vin, le pot-de-vin insignifiant (assimilé au coût et à la fonction d'une tasse de thé). Tags: slang
    Sense id: fr-chai-sw-noun-M~sK7pke Categories (other): Termes argotiques en swahili, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en swahili, Swahili du Kenya
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Petit déjeuner): chakula cha asubuhi, staftahi, kiamsha kinywa, kifungua kinywa Synonyms (Petit pot-de-vin): rushwa, hongo, kitu kidogo Derived forms: chai ya rangi, chai kavu, mchai, pata chai, toa chai
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