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kaka
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
kaka
LWT meaning(s)
the brother
the older brother
the sibling
the older sibling
Word meaning
older brother
Grammatical info
n 9/10
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
3. perhaps borrowed
Source words
kākā
'old slave, elder brother'
Hindi-Urdu
kākā
'paternal uncle'
Persian
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
No information [1]
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