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tufani
a word from vocabulary
Swahili vocabulary
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
tufani
LWT meaning(s)
the storm
Word meaning
storm, hurricane
Grammatical info
n 9/10
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
ṭūfān
'storm'
Arabic
tai fung
'great wind'
Cantonese
tofān
'roaring of sea'
Hindi-Urdu
tūfān
'storm'
Persian
Salience
present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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