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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili.
Proper noun
Kiswahili
- Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
2010, Parliament of Kenya, “Chapter 2, Article 7(1)”, in Constitution of Kenya, 2010, page 14:
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Swahili
Etymology
From ki- + Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coastal dwellers”), plural of سَاحِل (sāḥil, “boundary, coast”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Kiswahili class VII (no plural)
- Swahili language