tofauti - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 Swahili
  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Pronunciation
  • 1.4 Noun
    * 1.4.1 Derived terms
  • 1.5 Adjective
    * 1.5.1 Derived terms
  • 1.6 References

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• tafauti

Borrowed from Arabic تَفاوُت (tafāwut).[1]

tofauti class IX (plural **tofauti class X)

1. difference

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -tofautisha
  • Reciprocal: -tofautiana

tofauti (invariable)

1. different

• utofauti (“diversity”)

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 239 Nr. 2209

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