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duara
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
duara
LWT meaning(s)
round
the circle
Word meaning
circle
Grammatical info
n 9/10 (~ 5), n 9 as GEN modifier
Comments on word
kitu cha duara [thing of circle]
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
dāra(t), dāˀira(t); dawwāra(t)
'circle; whirlpool'
Arabic
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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