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-ahidi

a word from vocabulary Swahili by Thilo Schadeberg

Word form	-ahidi
LWT meaning(s)	to promise
Word meaning	promise
Grammatical info	v
Comments on word	also: -toa ahadi [give.out promise]
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	ˁahida (a), ˁāhada (III) 'know, entrust; III promise' Arabic
Effect	No information
Salience	Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation	Indian Ocean [1]