suaíli

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Swahili,[1] from Swahili swahili, from plural of Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil, “coast”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.aˈi.li/ [sʊ.aˈi.li], (faster pronunciation) /swaˈi.li/

  • Hyphenation: su‧a‧í‧li

Noun

suaíli m (uncountable)

  1. Swahili (a language of Eastern Africa)

Adjective

suaíli m or f (plural suaílis, not comparable)

  1. of the Swahili language

References

  1. ^ “suaíli”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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