asante sanaint.n.

Brit.

/əˌsanteɪ ˈsanə/, U.S.

/əˌsɑnteɪ ˈsɑnə/, East African English

/aˌsante ˈsana/

Forms: 1900s– ahsante sana, 1900s– asante sana.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili asante sana.

Etymology: < Swahili asante sana < asante, ahsante thank you ( < Omani Arabic aḥsante thank you: see note) + sana (adverb) very, much.Omani Arabic aḥsante thank you (19th cent. or earlier) is a specific sense development of aḥsante ‘well done! bravo!’ (literary Arabic aḥsanta), use as interjection of the 2nd person masculine singular of aḥsana to do (something) well, to perform (something) nicely < the same base as ḥusn beauty. Due to the long historical and trade links between Oman and the East African coast and Zanzibar, Omani Arabic was a major source of Swahili loans from Arabic.

East African.

A. int.

Used to express gratitude: ‘thank you very much’.

ΚΠ

1911 D. S. Y. Mills What we do in Nyasaland iii. 25 Mr. George said ‘Ahsante sana’, and the work went on with increased speed.

1965 D. Hurd Kidnap at Kiunga viii. 88 ‘Asante sana,’ I said gravely, ‘please give me some more.’

2019 @therezeegoes 5 June in twitter.com (accessed 6 June 2019) Asante sana. I appreciate it [‘folded hands’ emoji] literally made my day.

B. n.

An expression of gratitude; a thank you.

ΚΠ

1996 A. A. Robinson Black Identity & Coping with Stress among Afr. Amer. in predominantly White Univ. Setting (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Mich.) p. xxiv I send a heartfilled ‘asante sana’ to one of my all time heroes.

2016 Jrnl. Negro Educ. (Electronic ed.) 85 Students..expressed tremendous respect and love by offering an Asante Sana to their village mates.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	asante sana
释义	asante sanaint.n. Brit. /əˌsanteɪ ˈsanə/, U.S. /əˌsɑnteɪ ˈsɑnə/, East African English /aˌsante ˈsana/ Forms: 1900s– ahsante sana, 1900s– asante sana. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili asante sana. Etymology: < Swahili asante sana < asante, ahsante thank you ( < Omani Arabic aḥsante thank you: see note) + sana (adverb) very, much.Omani Arabic aḥsante thank you (19th cent. or earlier) is a specific sense development of aḥsante ‘well done! bravo!’ (literary Arabic aḥsanta), use as interjection of the 2nd person masculine singular of aḥsana to do (something) well, to perform (something) nicely < the same base as ḥusn beauty. Due to the long historical and trade links between Oman and the East African coast and Zanzibar, Omani Arabic was a major source of Swahili loans from Arabic. East African. A. int. Used to express gratitude: ‘thank you very much’. ΚΠ 1911 D. S. Y. Mills What we do in Nyasaland iii. 25 Mr. George said ‘Ahsante sana’, and the work went on with increased speed. 1965 D. Hurd Kidnap at Kiunga viii. 88 ‘Asante sana,’ I said gravely, ‘please give me some more.’ 2019 @therezeegoes 5 June in twitter.com (accessed 6 June 2019) Asante sana. I appreciate it [‘folded hands’ emoji] literally made my day. B. n. An expression of gratitude; a thank you. ΚΠ 1996 A. A. Robinson Black Identity & Coping with Stress among Afr. Amer. in predominantly White Univ. Setting (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Mich.) p. xxiv I send a heartfilled ‘asante sana’ to one of my all time heroes. 2016 Jrnl. Negro Educ. (Electronic ed.) 85 Students..expressed tremendous respect and love by offering an Asante Sana to their village mates. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < int.n.1911
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