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dawa
a word from vocabulary
Swahili vocabulary
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
dawa
LWT meaning(s)
the medicine
Word meaning
medicine, any substance used to achieve some effect, e.g., killing insects, polishing shoes, etc.
Grammatical info
n 9/10
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
dawāˀ
'medicine'
Arabic
davā
'medicine'
Hindi-Urdu
Salience
present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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