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chai
a word from vocabulary
Swahili vocabulary
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
chai
LWT meaning(s)
the tea
Word meaning
tea
Grammatical info
n 9/10
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
s̆āy
'tea'
Arabic
čāy
'tea'
Hindi-Urdu
čāy
'tea'
Persian
Effect
Insertion
Salience
present only since contact
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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