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Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ki- + -pa (“to give”) + -aji.
Noun
kipaji class VII (plural vipaji class VIII)
- talent, ability, aptitude, gift
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) gift, donation (something given to another voluntarily, without charge)
Etymology 2
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Particularly: “diminutive of paji or just a change of class without extra meaning?”
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Noun
kipaji class VII (plural vipaji class VIII)
- forehead
1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 4:[…] utaona baadhi ya vikunjo na vifinyo vya ngozi juu ya kipaji chake, […]- you will see some wrinkles in the skin on his forehead,
2005, “Mambo ya Walawi 13:42”, in Biblia (Swahili Revised Union Version), translation from New International Version:Lakini kwamba katika kile kichwa kilicho na upara, au kile kipaji kilicho na upara, laonekana pigo jeupe kisha jekundu kidogo; ni ukoma, unatokea katika kichwa chake cha upara, au katika kipaji chake cha upara.- But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is a defiling disease breaking out on his head or forehead.