swahili
IPA: swɑhˈiɫi
Root Word: Swahili
noun
- An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.
- A member of various ethnic groups — mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian — inhabiting the Swahili coast.
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Examples of "swahili" in Sentences
- Mufasa has no meaning in Swahili.
- Folks, the Swahili are a mixed people.
- From a Swahili word for extended family .
- The rise of Swahili to regional prominence.
- The dhow was the ship of trade used by the Swahili.
- In Swahili, the equivalent of the span is the futuri.
- The predominant language in the territory is Swahili.
- Kakuma is the Swahili word for nowhere, epitomizing the seclusion of the area.
- I have redirected Swahili time to Swahili language, and made it a sub heading.
- You can try searching swahili pages or schools with swahili language programs.
- I know it wasn't latin, or french, or swahili, whatever, but it worked for me.
- So along with this thought, here's another mini-lesson in swahili refer to the pics.
- Our guide was a man named Daudi (swahili for David) Peterson, who grew up in Tanzania and runs an extraordinary organization called Dorobo Safaris.
- My days consist mainly of: going on random walks in my village, stopping to talk to people, who then either: laugh at me, stare at me blankly when i try to speak swahili, offer me food, or ask me for money/food/presents.
- Use of real languages can be a problem because they don't just have 10 invented words but the whole bucket to pull from, and at times it's just too much, as I probably didn't speak swahili even a little bit - but I do incline towards the new over all.
- The aim of the first half of the programme was to undertake survival training and earn your place on 'an adventure' in an unspecified place but we were being taught a few words of spanish, swahili and malay, so whatever it was going to be exotic and I was up for it!
- Amy said ... hola katrina. thinking of you every day. hope you are having fun, learning swahili (sp?) and taking pics of your adventure. i sent you something in the mail yesterday, i hope you get it eventually. lots of love over here sent your way~ love, barney n gang
- I try to put on my thick skin and practice my big smile, relentless socialness, quick swahili come backs, and tireless laughter before venturing into the crowded alleyways, but inevitably before too long my heart and the corners of my mouth are about as heavy as my plastic bags of vegetables.
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