huzuni
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic حُزْن (ḥuzn).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
huzuni (n class, no plural)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -huzunia (“to grieve, regret, worry”)
- Causative: -huzunisha (“to sadden”)
- Stative: -huzunika (“to be grieved”)
References edit
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73 Nr. 640
- ^ Harvey, Andrew (2014) “Epenthetic Vowels in Swahili Loanwords”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education[1], volume 8, number 2, page 19 of 17-45: “Ar. huzn [huzn] -> Sw. huzuni [huzuni] ‘grief’”