Swa|hi|li

Swa|hi|li
Swa|hi|li «swah HEE lee», noun, plural -li or -lis, adjective.
–n.
1. a member of a Bantu people living along the east coast of Africa, from Somalia to Mozambique.
2. their Bantu language, which contains many Arabic and other foreign words, used, by people who speak different languages, in much of eastern Africa and parts of the Congo and as the official language of Tanzania and Kenya.
–adj.
of or having to do with the Swahili or their language: »

Farmers roared…“Harambee!”, a Swahili expression meaning “Let's all push together” (Time).

╂[< Swahili Swahili (literally) coastal people < Arabic sawāhil, plural of sāhil coast]

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