shashimamishi

Swahili edit

FWOTD – 19 August 2015

Etymology edit

From Arabic [Term?].

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably from some Omani dialect: شي ما مشي (literally “something that hasn't worked”)”

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃɑʃimɑˈmiʃi/
Audio (Kenya) (file)

Adverb edit

shashimamishi

haughtily, arrogantly
- 1977, C. G. Mung'ong'o, Mirathi ya hatari, page 52:
  Aliniangalia shashimamishi nikajiona mpumbavu mkubwa!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)