wosia

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

wosia class IX (plural wosia class X)

  1. will (legal document)

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 306 Nr. 2945