Kiswahili
See also: kiswahili
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili Kiswahili.
Proper noun
Kiswahili
- Swahili, an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa.
Synonyms
- Swahili
Translations
Swahili — see Swahili
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Kiswahili, swh
Swahili
Etymology
From ki- + Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coastal dwellers”), plural of سَاحِل (sāḥil, “boundary, coast”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
Kiswahili (ki-vi class, no plural)
- Swahili language
Related terms
- Mswahili