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kabla
a word from vocabulary
Swahili vocabulary
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
kabla
LWT meaning(s)
before
Word meaning
before
Grammatical info
n 9 as head of GenP
Comments on word
kabla ya vita [before of war]
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
qabla
'before'
Arabic
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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