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kahaba
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
kahaba
LWT meaning(s)
the prostitute
Word meaning
prostitute
Grammatical info
n 5/6
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
qaḥba(t)
'prostitute'
Arabic
Unidentifiable
Arabic
qaḥba
'prostitute'
Hindi-Urdu
qaḥba
'prostitute'
Persian
Effect
No information
Salience
No information
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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