Kiswahili
(Redirected from kiSwahili)
See also: kiswahili
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swahili Kiswahili.
Proper noun
editKiswahili
- Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editSwahili — see Swahili
Further reading
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Swahili
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Etymology
editFrom ki- + Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coastal dwellers”), plural of سَاحِل (sāḥil, “boundary, coast”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKiswahili (ki-vi class, no plural)
- Swahili language
Related terms
editCategories:
- English terms borrowed from Swahili
- English terms derived from Swahili
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Languages
- Swahili terms prefixed with ki-
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root س ح ل
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili ki-vi class nouns
- Swahili uncountable nouns