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Contents
1
Bambara
1.1
Conjunction
1.1.1
Synonyms
1.2
References
2
Swahili
2.1
Etymology
2.2
Pronunciation
2.3
Interjection
Bambara
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Conjunction
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yaani
before
Synonyms
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sani
References
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Richard Nci Diarra,
Lexique bambara-français-anglais
, December 13, 2010
Swahili
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Etymology
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Ultimately from
Arabic
يَعْنِي
(
yaʕnī
,
“
[he/she/it]
means
”
)
.
Pronunciation
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Audio
(
Kenya
)
:
(
file
)
Interjection
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yaani
(
adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival
)
in other words
,
actually
,
namely
,
to wit
,
kind of
,
somewhat
,
id est
,
that is
,
meaning
,
you know
(
filler
)
er
,
so
,
uh
,
well
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Swahili terms derived from Arabic
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Swahili lemmas
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