kifungo

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kifungo

noun vifungo

  1. class vii a fastening; a brooch; a buckle; a button
  2. class vii imprisonment
  3. class vii a prison
  4. class vii a bond; a cornerstone; that which connects
  5. class vii lockdown (confinement of people as a security measure)

In English

  • sentence (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • lockdown emergency confinement

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@misc{kifungo_2026,
  title = {kifungo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kifungo},
  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-kifungo.flac.