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-tumaini, -tumai
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
-tumaini, -tumai
LWT meaning(s)
to hope
Word meaning
hope
Grammatical info
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Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
ṭamiˁa (a); iṭmaˀanna (IV); muṭmaˀinn
'desire; trust; trustfull'
Arabic
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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