name

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[English Word] name

[English Plural] names

[Swahili Word] jina

[Swahili Plural] majina

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[English Example] what is your name?

[Swahili Example] jina lako ni nani?

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[English Word] proper name

[English Plural] proper names

[Swahili Word] jina

[Swahili Plural] majina

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] name given to child just after birth

[English Plural] names

[Swahili Word] sare

[Swahili Plural] sare

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] name

[Swahili Word] -ita

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] itikio, itiko, kiitikio, mwitaji, mwito

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[English Word] name

[Swahili Word] -taja

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] call by name

[Swahili Example] taja jina

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[English Word] name

[Swahili Word] -nena

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] family name

[Swahili Word] ubini

[Part of Speech] noun

[Swahili Example] tunajua kuwa anaitwa Ali lakini ubini wake hatuujui.

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[English Word] go by a name

[Swahili Word] -itwa

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] passive

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] ita

[Related Words] itikio, itiko, kiitikio, mwitaji, mwito

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[English Word] what's-his-name

[Swahili Word] fulani

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1

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[English Word] what's-its-name

[Swahili Word] dude

[Swahili Plural] madude

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] anything the name of which one does not know or cannot remember

[Swahili Word] dude

[Swahili Plural] madude

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] name

[English Plural] names

[Swahili Word] isimu

[Swahili Plural] isimu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Arabic

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[English Word] good name

[English Plural] good names

[Swahili Word] nemsi

[Swahili Plural] nemsi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Note] rare

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[English Word] make a good name for someone

[Swahili Word] -jamili

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] Arabic

[Swahili Example] kuwajamili wazee wake kwa kuleta heri aliyokwenda itafuta [Moh]

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[English Word] assumed name (to disguise a name of bad repute)

[English Plural] assumed names

[Swahili Word] msimbo

[Swahili Plural] misimbo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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[English Word] give someone a bad name

[Swahili Word] -tukanisha

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] in the name of

[Swahili Word] kwa niaba ya

[Part of Speech] preposition

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[English Word] in the name of

[Swahili Word] kwa niabu ya

[Part of Speech] preposition

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[English Word] proper name of lead character in many tales (often of Arabic origin)

[Swahili Word] Abunuwasi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1

[English Example] S/he told a tale about Abunuwasi.

[Swahili Example] Alisimulia hadithi ya Abunuwasi.

[Terminology] literary

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[English Word] proper name of lead character in many tales (often of Arabic origin)

[Swahili Word] Banawasi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1

[English Example] S/he told a tale about Banawasi

[Swahili Example] Alisimulia hadithi ya Banawasi

[Note] literary

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[English Word] proper name

[Swahili Word] Mabruki

[Swahili Plural] Mabruki

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] Ninga (female name)

[Swahili Word] Ninga

[Part of Speech] name

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[English Word] proper name

[Swahili Word] Shabaan

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1

[English Example] Shabaan Robert, Mswahili poet

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