swahili
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Catalan
Adjective
swahili m or f (masculine and feminine plural swahilis)
- Alternative spelling of suahili
Noun
swahili m or f by sense (plural swahilis)
- Alternative spelling of suahili
Proper noun
swahili m
- Alternative spelling of suahili
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
swahili
- The Swahili language.
Declension
| Inflection of swahili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | swahili | — | |
| genitive | swahilin | — | |
| partitive | swahilia | — | |
| illative | swahiliin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | swahili | — | |
| accusative | nom. | swahili | — |
| gen. | swahilin | ||
| genitive | swahilin | — | |
| partitive | swahilia | — | |
| inessive | swahilissa | — | |
| elative | swahilista | — | |
| illative | swahiliin | — | |
| adessive | swahililla | — | |
| ablative | swahililta | — | |
| allative | swahilille | — | |
| essive | swahilina | — | |
| translative | swahiliksi | — | |
| abessive | swahilitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
- swahilin kieli
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “swahili”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
swahili m (uncountable)
- Swahili (language)
Adjective
swahili (feminine swahilie, masculine plural swahilis, feminine plural swahilies)
Further reading
- “swahili”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coasts”).
Noun
swahili m (definite singular swahilien, uncountable)
- Swahili (the language)
References
- “swahili” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coasts”).
Noun
swahili m (definite singular swahilien, uncountable)
- Swahili (the language)
References
- “swahili” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Noun
swahili m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of suaíli
Adjective
swahili (invariable, not comparable)
- Alternative form of suaíli
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
swahili m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of suajili
Further reading
- “swahili”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
Swedish
Noun
swahili c
- Swahili (language)
Declension
Declension of swahili
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | swahili | swahilis |
| definite | swahilin | swahilins | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |