English Explanatory Dictionary

asili

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The central seed or "germinating matrix" of a culture.

Word forms

asili

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl)bor. Swahili asilibor. English asili From Swahili asili (“origin”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani.

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