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==Swahili== |
==Swahili== |
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[[File:Bakweri cocoyam farmer from Cameroon.jpg|thumb]] |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|sw|/ˈʃɑ.ᵐbɑ/}} |
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* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-shamba.flac|a=Kenya}} |
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-shamba.flac|a=Kenya}} |
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{{sw-noun|ma}} |
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# [[garden]], [[farm]] {{ |
# [[garden]], [[farm]] {{gl|any land that is cultivated}}, [[field]], [[plantation]] |
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# {{lb|sw|in plural}} the [[countryside]] |
# {{lb|sw|in plural}} the [[countryside]] |
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* {{l|sw|mshamba}} |
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{{C|sw|Agriculture|Horticulture}} |
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[[Category:sw:Horticulture]] |
Latest revision as of 14:24, 10 August 2024
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shamba (plural shambas)
- (East Africa) An area of cultivated ground; a plot of land, a small subsistence farm for growing crops and fruit-bearing trees, often including the dwelling of the farmer.
- 1967, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP, published 2008, page 4:
- To reach his new strip of shamba which lay the other side of Thabai, Mugo had to walk through the dusty village streets.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Swahili
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Bakweri_cocoyam_farmer_from_Cameroon.jpg/220px-Bakweri_cocoyam_farmer_from_Cameroon.jpg)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shamba (ma class, plural mashamba)
- garden, farm (any land that is cultivated), field, plantation
- (in the plural) the countryside
Derived terms
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- English terms borrowed from Swahili
- English terms derived from Swahili
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- East African English
- English terms with quotations
- Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili ma class nouns
- sw:Agriculture
- sw:Horticulture