Bambara

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Conjunction

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yaani

  1. before

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, [he/she/it] means).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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yaani

  1. (adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
  2. (filler) er, so, uh, well