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zeituni
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
zeituni
LWT meaning(s)
the olive
Word meaning
olive
Grammatical info
n 9/10
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
zaitūn
'olive trees and fruits (coll.)'
Arabic
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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