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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic رَمْلِيّ (ramliyy). By surface analysis, ramel + -i.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ramli (feminine singular ramlija, plural ramlin)
- sandy
- Synonym: mrammel (mrammal)
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رَمْل (raml, “sand”), from soothsaying from figures in the sand.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
ramli (n class, plural ramli)
- divination, fortune-telling
References
- ^ 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 125 No. 1122
- ^ Gearhart, Rebecca (2005) “Ngoma Memories: How Ritual Music and Dance Shaped the Northern Kenya Coast”, in African Studies Review, volume 48, number 3, page 46-47 of 21-47