jeuri

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوْر (jawr).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

-jeuri (declinable)

  1. rude (bad-mannered, insolent, tough)

Declension

Inflected forms of -jeuri
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mjeuri
m-mi class(III/IV) mjeuri mijeuri
ji-ma class(V/VI) jeuri majeuri
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kijeuri vijeuri
n class(IX/X) njeuri njeuri
u class(XI) mjeuri see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pajeuri
ku class(XVII) kujeuri
mu class(XVIII) mujeuri

Noun

jeuri class IX (plural jeuri class X)

  1. rudeness

Derived terms

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 66 Nr. 558
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