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mkasi, makasi
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
mkasi, makasi
LWT meaning(s)
the scissors or shears
Word meaning
scissors
Grammatical info
n 3/4, 6
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
miqaṣṣ, pl. maqaṣṣ
'scissors'
Arabic
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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