Kiswahili

See also: kiswahili

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili.

Proper noun

Kiswahili

  1. Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.

Synonyms

Translations
Swahili — see Swahili

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

From ki- +‎ Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coastal dwellers”), plural of سَاحِل (sāḥil, “boundary, coast”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

Kiswahili (ki-vi class, no plural)

  1. Swahili language
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