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šway šway
a word from vocabulary
Tarifiyt Berber
by
Maarten Kossmann
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Word form
šway šway
LWT meaning(s)
slow
Grammatical info
adverbial phrase
Analyzability
analyzable phrasal
Gloss
little little
Age
Islamic period [6] (700–2007)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
šway šway
'take it easy! go a little slower!, a little afterward'
Arabic (Moroccan)
šuwayʔ
'little thing'
Classical Arabic
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Widespread Moroccan Arabic bilingualism [6]
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