Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr), then also analyzable as m- +‎ -bashiri (to predict, foretell) that after this also occurs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mbashiri (m-wa class, plural wabashiri)

  1. predictor, foreteller

See also

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