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duka
a word from vocabulary
Swahili vocabulary
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
duka
LWT meaning(s)
the shop/store
Word meaning
shop
Grammatical info
n 5/6
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
dukkān
'shop'
Arabic
dukkān
'shop'
Hindi-Urdu
dukān
'shop'
Persian
Effect
Insertion
Salience
present only since contact
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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