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tufe
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
tufe
LWT meaning(s)
the ball
Word meaning
spherical object
Grammatical info
n 5/6
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
ṭūfa
'ball'
Arabic (Indian Ocean)
top
'cannon'
Turkish
ṭūfa
'going round'
Persian
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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