"mwalimu" meaning in Swahili

See mwalimu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mwalimu.flac Forms: walimu [plural]
  1. Enseignant, professeur.
    Sense id: fr-mwalimu-sw-noun-UpjytD8X Categories (other): Métiers en swahili, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en swahili
  2. Christ.
    Sense id: fr-mwalimu-sw-noun-LjLDZHZv Categories (other): Lexique en swahili du christianisme, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en swahili Topics: Christianity
  3. Devin (à Ngazidja).
    Sense id: fr-mwalimu-sw-noun-tulNuNhR Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en swahili
  4. Capitaine, pilote. Tags: rare
    Sense id: fr-mwalimu-sw-noun-9ZGDPCb1 Categories (other): Lexique en swahili de la marine, Termes rares en swahili, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en swahili Topics: nautical
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: profesa, mwanafunzi

Inflected forms

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    "De l’arabe معلم, moʿalim."
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    "De l’arabe معلم, moʿalim."
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