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kitabu
a word from vocabulary
Swahili vocabulary
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
kitabu
LWT meaning(s)
the book
Word meaning
book
Grammatical info
n 7/8
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
kitāb
'sth. written, book'
Arabic
Effect
Insertion
Salience
present only since contact
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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