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shehe, shekh, sheik
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
shehe, shekh, sheik
LWT meaning(s)
the chieftain
Word meaning
sheikh, elder with authority
Grammatical info
n 5/6
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
šayḫ
'old man, patriarch'
Arabic
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
No information
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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