sehemu

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sehemu

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Borrowed from Omani Arabic سهم (sehem), from Arabic سَهْم (sahm, “part, portion”).

noun sehemu

  1. class ix part, portion, fraction, act
  2. class ix place, part of the world Afrika ni sehemu maalum.

In English

  • act drama: division of theatrical performance
  • part fraction of a whole

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

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

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

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@misc{sehemu_2026,
  title = {sehemu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/sehemu},
  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-sehemu.flac.