Swahilin.adj.

Brit.

/swɑːˈhiːli/,

/swəˈhiːli/, U.S.

/swɑˈhili/, East African English

/swaˈhili/

Inflections: Plural Swahili, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Sooahelee, 1800s Sowauli, 1800s Sowheli, 1800s Sowhyly, 1800s Suahele, 1800s Suhaili, 1800s– Sawahili, 1800s– Suaheli (now rare), 1800s– Suahili, 1800s– Swaheli, 1800s– Swahili.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili -swahili.

Etymology: < Swahili -swahili (in Swahili Waswahili , denoting the people (singular Mswahili ) and Kiswahili , denoting the language: see Kiswahili n.), either < Arabic sawāḥil (plural of sāḥil coast, boundary), used to denote the coastal regions of East Africa and (hence) the Swahili people (with regular addition of -i within Swahili, for phonological reasons) or < Arabic sawāḥilī Swahili person, use as noun of sawāḥilī coastal + < sawāḥil + ī -i suffix².Compare the following earlier example of a related place name, although this probably reflects Arabic sawāḥil :1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. ix. 261 A small barke from the coast of Swahell or Magadoxo [i.e. Mogadishu], with Slaues, Elephants teeth, Amber.Arabic sāḥil also underlies the name of the Sahel region: see Sahelian adj.

A. n.

1. A member of a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and nearby coastal regions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples

Swahili1814

Chagga1823

Mashona1835

Wagogo1840

Wachagga1849

Tumbuka1850

Sukuma1860

Wanyamwezi1860

Babemba1867

Kavirondo1870

Nyamwezi1885

Bemba1887

Chewa1887

Shangaan1887

Rwanda1889

Awemba1890

Yao1894

Ngoni1899

Nyanja1899

Kisii1905

Ganda1906

Meru1908

Lamba1909

Hutu1922

Lozi1935

Ila1956

Gogo1957

1814 H. Salt Voy. Abyssinia App. i. p. iii. Some sailors attached to an Arab boat, who called themselves Sowauli.

1909 Geogr. Jrnl. 33 194 It was found necessary to make rapid marches to reach Manimani, a food depôt kept by Indians and Swahilis to supply their caravans.

2015 Kwani? 8 120 Mombasa has chosen a Mazrui for senate, a Hidhrami for the national assembly and a Swahili for governor.

2. The Bantu language of the Swahili people, an official language of Kenya, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and widely used as a lingua franca in other parts of eastern and south-eastern Africa; = Kiswahili n.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages > Swahili

Swahili1847

Kiswahili1850

1847 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 1 263 The Sooahelee has been called a lingua franca.

1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo xviii. 194 I had a long talk with him in broken Swahili.

2020 Sowetan (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 7 Feb. Broadcasting in Swahili means that we will be abreast with agricultural trends in the rest of the African continent.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or relating to the Swahili or their language.

ΚΠ

1833 W. F. W. Owen et al. Narr. Voy. Afr., Arabia, & Madagascar I. xix. 360 The most wealthy of these Sowhyly states was the Sultany of Patta.

1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 23/2 Doors, mostly of local jack-fruit tree wood, are still being carved by Swahili craftsmen.

2020 Business Daily (Nairobi) (Nexis) 13 Feb. Through a combination of catchy Swahili songs and social media notoriety, he [sc. Tanzanian performer Diamond Platnumz] has grown into one of Africa's biggest music stars.

Derivatives

† Swahilese n. Obsolete rare a Swahili.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages

Kaffir1820

Swahilese1833

Sesotho1846

Chagga1849

Kikuyu1849

Mitshi1854

Manganja1859

Bantu1866

Kavirondo1870

Luganda1876

Sotho1876

Fan1883

Gogo1883

Lunda1883

Nyamwezi1883

Kioko1884

Barotse1888

Ganda1891

Tumbuka1891

Chichewa1897

Bemba1902

Nyanja1902

Rwanda1902

Lingala1903

Sepedi1905

Ila1907

Lamba1907

Chewa1908

Venda1908

Ngoni1911

Munchi1913

Meru1921

Yao1924

Lozi1937

Nguni1939

Ndembu1945

Mwera1947

Sango1948

Ovambo1953

Sukuma1969

Tiv1976

1833 W. F. W. Owen et al. Narr. Voy. Afr., Arabia, & Madagascar I. xix. 358 The language of these people differs from that of the Sowhylese.

Swaˈhilian adj. of, belonging to, or relating to the Swahili or their language.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples

Wagogo1840

Swahilian1846

Tumbuka1850

Wanyamwezi1860

Rwanda1864

Nyasa1887

Ngoni1891

Mashona1893

Ganda1894

Ila1907

Meru1908

Chewa1909

Yao1910

Nyanja1923

Lozi1937

Nyamwezi1939

Sukuma1953

Lamba1956

Gogo1969

the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages

Kaffir1588

Kongo1597

Xhosa1812

Amapondo1830

Zulu1839

Sesotho1844

Swahilian1846

Kikuyu1850

Bantu1858

Fan1861

Amandebele1872

Nyamwezi1872

Wagogo1878

Lunda1879

Luganda1882

Sotho1883

Gogo1891

Tonga1891

Chichewa1897

Ronga1897

Bemba1904

Ila1907

Tsonga1907

Meru1908

Chewa1909

Venda1913

Lingala1922

Luba1922

Pedi1922

Nyanja1923

Nguni1929

Ndebele1930

Lobedu1937

Tiv1939

Mongo1961

Siswati1964

1846 J. R. Browne Etchings Whaling Cruise xvi. 335 The Sowhelian language is the most generally spoken.

2015 T. E. McCadden For People who aren't Sure who they Are (Ph.D. diss., Pennsylvania State Univ.) iv. 119 I'm going to study Swahilian rain dances.

ˈSwahilized adj. (esp. of words) containing elements from Swahili; influenced by or adapted to Swahili culture.

ΚΠ

1870 E. Steere Handbk. Swahili Lang. Zanzibar i. 88 There are two sets of numerals in use in Zanzibar; one is properly Swahili, the other Arab, but in a Swahilized[sic; later edd. Swahiliized] form.

2001 Africa News (Nexis) 28 Jan. Hutus and Tutsis are getting partially Swahilised and should be able to get on well with..Tanzanian citizens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	swahili
释义	Swahilin.adj. Brit. /swɑːˈhiːli/, /swəˈhiːli/, U.S. /swɑˈhili/, East African English /swaˈhili/ Inflections: Plural Swahili, unchanged. Forms: 1800s Sooahelee, 1800s Sowauli, 1800s Sowheli, 1800s Sowhyly, 1800s Suahele, 1800s Suhaili, 1800s– Sawahili, 1800s– Suaheli (now rare), 1800s– Suahili, 1800s– Swaheli, 1800s– Swahili. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili -swahili. Etymology: < Swahili -swahili (in Swahili Waswahili , denoting the people (singular Mswahili ) and Kiswahili , denoting the language: see Kiswahili n.), either < Arabic sawāḥil (plural of sāḥil coast, boundary), used to denote the coastal regions of East Africa and (hence) the Swahili people (with regular addition of -i within Swahili, for phonological reasons) or < Arabic sawāḥilī Swahili person, use as noun of sawāḥilī coastal + < sawāḥil + ī -i suffix².Compare the following earlier example of a related place name, although this probably reflects Arabic sawāḥil :1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. ix. 261 A small barke from the coast of Swahell or Magadoxo [i.e. Mogadishu], with Slaues, Elephants teeth, Amber.Arabic sāḥil also underlies the name of the Sahel region: see Sahelian adj. A. n. 1. A member of a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and nearby coastal regions. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples Swahili1814 Chagga1823 Mashona1835 Wagogo1840 Wachagga1849 Tumbuka1850 Sukuma1860 Wanyamwezi1860 Babemba1867 Kavirondo1870 Nyamwezi1885 Bemba1887 Chewa1887 Shangaan1887 Rwanda1889 Awemba1890 Yao1894 Ngoni1899 Nyanja1899 Kisii1905 Ganda1906 Meru1908 Lamba1909 Hutu1922 Lozi1935 Ila1956 Gogo1957 1814 H. Salt Voy. Abyssinia App. i. p. iii. Some sailors attached to an Arab boat, who called themselves Sowauli. 1909 Geogr. Jrnl. 33 194 It was found necessary to make rapid marches to reach Manimani, a food depôt kept by Indians and Swahilis to supply their caravans. 2015 Kwani? 8 120 Mombasa has chosen a Mazrui for senate, a Hidhrami for the national assembly and a Swahili for governor. 2. The Bantu language of the Swahili people, an official language of Kenya, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and widely used as a lingua franca in other parts of eastern and south-eastern Africa; = Kiswahili n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages > Swahili Swahili1847 Kiswahili1850 1847 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 1 263 The Sooahelee has been called a lingua franca. 1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo xviii. 194 I had a long talk with him in broken Swahili. 2020 Sowetan (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 7 Feb. Broadcasting in Swahili means that we will be abreast with agricultural trends in the rest of the African continent. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to the Swahili or their language. ΚΠ 1833 W. F. W. Owen et al. Narr. Voy. Afr., Arabia, & Madagascar I. xix. 360 The most wealthy of these Sowhyly states was the Sultany of Patta. 1947 E. Afr. Ann. 1946–7 23/2 Doors, mostly of local jack-fruit tree wood, are still being carved by Swahili craftsmen. 2020 Business Daily (Nairobi) (Nexis) 13 Feb. Through a combination of catchy Swahili songs and social media notoriety, he [sc. Tanzanian performer Diamond Platnumz] has grown into one of Africa's biggest music stars. Derivatives † Swahilese n. Obsolete rare a Swahili. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages Kaffir1820 Swahilese1833 Sesotho1846 Chagga1849 Kikuyu1849 Mitshi1854 Manganja1859 Bantu1866 Kavirondo1870 Luganda1876 Sotho1876 Fan1883 Gogo1883 Lunda1883 Nyamwezi1883 Kioko1884 Barotse1888 Ganda1891 Tumbuka1891 Chichewa1897 Bemba1902 Nyanja1902 Rwanda1902 Lingala1903 Sepedi1905 Ila1907 Lamba1907 Chewa1908 Venda1908 Ngoni1911 Munchi1913 Meru1921 Yao1924 Lozi1937 Nguni1939 Ndembu1945 Mwera1947 Sango1948 Ovambo1953 Sukuma1969 Tiv1976 1833 W. F. W. Owen et al. Narr. Voy. Afr., Arabia, & Madagascar I. xix. 358 The language of these people differs from that of the Sowhylese. Swaˈhilian adj. of, belonging to, or relating to the Swahili or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples Wagogo1840 Swahilian1846 Tumbuka1850 Wanyamwezi1860 Rwanda1864 Nyasa1887 Ngoni1891 Mashona1893 Ganda1894 Ila1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Yao1910 Nyanja1923 Lozi1937 Nyamwezi1939 Sukuma1953 Lamba1956 Gogo1969 the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages Kaffir1588 Kongo1597 Xhosa1812 Amapondo1830 Zulu1839 Sesotho1844 Swahilian1846 Kikuyu1850 Bantu1858 Fan1861 Amandebele1872 Nyamwezi1872 Wagogo1878 Lunda1879 Luganda1882 Sotho1883 Gogo1891 Tonga1891 Chichewa1897 Ronga1897 Bemba1904 Ila1907 Tsonga1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Venda1913 Lingala1922 Luba1922 Pedi1922 Nyanja1923 Nguni1929 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1937 Tiv1939 Mongo1961 Siswati1964 1846 J. R. Browne Etchings Whaling Cruise xvi. 335 The Sowhelian language is the most generally spoken. 2015 T. E. McCadden For People who aren't Sure who they Are (Ph.D. diss., Pennsylvania State Univ.) iv. 119 I'm going to study Swahilian rain dances. ˈSwahilized adj. (esp. of words) containing elements from Swahili; influenced by or adapted to Swahili culture. ΚΠ 1870 E. Steere Handbk. Swahili Lang. Zanzibar i. 88 There are two sets of numerals in use in Zanzibar; one is properly Swahili, the other Arab, but in a Swahilized[sic; later edd. Swahiliized] form. 2001 Africa News (Nexis) 28 Jan. Hutus and Tutsis are getting partially Swahilised and should be able to get on well with..Tanzanian citizens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.adj.1814
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