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kitani
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
kitani
LWT meaning(s)
the linen
Word meaning
linen
Grammatical info
n 7(/8)
Comments on word
FJ and later dictionaries distinguish kitani, linen, from katani, hemp or sisal fibres.
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
kattān
'linen'
Arabic
kaṭṭān
'linen'
Persian
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Present only since contact
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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