aali

See also: ääli

Fula

Etymology

From Arabic عَائِلَة (ʕāʔila).

Noun

aali (plural aaliiɓe ɓe)

  1. (Pular) family, clan, lineage
  • aalo

References

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Interjection

aali

  1. golly! would you believe it!

References

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

-aali (declinable)

  1. good, superior (of things)

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215 Nr. 1931