shauri

From Swahili shauri.

shauri (plural shauris)

1. (dated, Africa) A consultation, usually between a bwana and a local African.
   • 1876, Henry Morton Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, volume 2, page 78:

     Strangers were few before they saw us, and we had shauri after shauri with them.

   • 1896, John Walter Gregory, The Great Rift Valley, page 129:

     The poor guide had been sitting through the shauri open-eyed and open-mouthed, intensely puzzled by the whole performance.

   • 30 October 1935, letter by Helga Voigt published in Letters from Helga 1934-1937 (2008) on p. 119:

     Although we have a lot of variety through the local folks, who constantly refresh us with new shauris, they would likely not interest you.

2. (Kenya) One's problem; concern.
   • Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) (volume 5, page 431)

     Whether these people will be taken on or not is not my shauri.

• surahi, Irusha, rahuis

From Arabic شَوْر (šawr, “advice, counsel”).

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shauri (ma class, plural mashauri)

1. plan
2. advice
3. consultation
4. matter of conversation

-shauri (infinitive kushauri)

1. to consult, confer

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -shauria
  • Passive: -shauriwa
  • Reciprocal: -shauriana
  • Stative: -shaurika

• Nominal derivations:
  • halmashauri (“council”)
  • mshauri (“advisor”)
  • ushauri (“advice”)