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Swahili

Swahili

See also: swahili

English

Proper noun

Swahili

  1. An agglutinative language widely spoken in East Africa. Born of the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

Synonyms

Translations

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Swahili terms
  • Appendix:Swahili Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Swahili

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Swahili n

  1. Kiswahili (swahili language)

swahili

swahili

See also: Swahili

Catalan

Adjective

swahili m, f (masculine and feminine plural swahilis)

  1. Alternative spelling of suahili

Noun

swahili m, f (plural swahilis)

  1. Alternative spelling of suahili

Proper noun

swahili m

  1. Alternative spelling of suahili

Finnish

Noun

swahili

  1. The Swahili language.

Declension

Inflection of swahili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative swahili
genitive swahilin
partitive swahilia
illative swahiliin
singular plural
nominative swahili
accusative nom. swahili
gen. swahilin
genitive swahilin
partitive swahilia
inessive swahilissa
elative swahilista
illative swahiliin
adessive swahililla
ablative swahililta
allative swahilille
essive swahilina
translative swahiliksi
instructive
abessive swahilitta
comitative

Synonyms


French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swa.i.li/

Noun

swahili m (uncountable)

  1. Swahili (language)

Adjective

swahili m (feminine singular swahilie, masculine plural swahilis, feminine plural swahilies)

  1. Swahili

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, coastal dwellers)

Noun

swahili m (definite singular swahilien, uncountable)

  1. Swahili (the language)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil)

Noun

swahili m (definite singular swahilien, uncountable)

  1. Swahili (the language)

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Portuguese

Noun

swahili m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of suaíli

Adjective

swahili (plural swahili, not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of suaíli

Spanish

Noun

swahili m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of suajili