wasaa

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَسَاعَة (wasāʕa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

wasaa (n class, no plural)

1. opportunity

   Synonyms: fursa, nafasi, mwanya

2. leisure time, free time

References

• 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 304 No. 2931