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maskini
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
maskini
LWT meaning(s)
poor
Word meaning
poor person
Grammatical info
n 9/10
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
miskīn
'poor, miserable, beggar'
Arabic
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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