adimu

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدِيم (ʕadīm).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

adimu (invariable)

  1. rare, scarce
    adimu kama maziwa ya kuku ― as rare as a chicken's milk

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202 Nr. 1814
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