English Explanatory Dictionary

Kiswahili

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Kiswahili

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀- Proto-Sabaki *ki- Swahili ki- Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil) Swahili Kiswahilibor. English Kiswahili Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili, from ki- + Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil).

Synonyms

Swahili
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