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rais, raisi

a word from vocabulary Swahili by Thilo Schadeberg

Word form	rais, raisi
LWT meaning(s)	the president
Word meaning	president, head of state
Grammatical info	n 5/6
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	1940-2000 [1] (1940–2000)

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	raˁīs 'president' Arabic
Effect	Insertion
Salience	Present only since contact
Contact situation	Modernization [1]