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sifuri

a word from vocabulary Swahili by Thilo Schadeberg

Word form	sifuri
LWT meaning(s)	zero
Word meaning	zero
Grammatical info	n num 9
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	ṣifr 'zero' Arabic
Effect	Insertion
Salience	Present only since contact
Contact situation	Indian Ocean [1]