jamii

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jamii¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ), جَمِيع (jamīʕ), and/or جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

noun jamii

  1. class ix community, society
  2. class ix all (of something), totality, sum, a category

    Similar: kategoria

adverb

  1. together

    Similar: jumla, pamoja

jamii²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic جَامَعَ (jāmaʕa).

verb -jamii · kujamii · kutojamii · jamii · jamiini

  1. to have sex, copulate

In English

  • community group sharing a common understanding
  • society group of people sharing culture

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"jamii." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/jamii. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

jamii. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/jamii

Chicago

"jamii." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/jamii.

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@misc{jamii_2026,
  title = {jamii},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/jamii},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-jamii.flac.