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aminifu

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).[1] By surface analysis, amini +‎ -fu.

Pronunciation

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  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɑ.miˈni.fu/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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-aminifu (declinable)

  1. honest, trustworthy

Declension

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Inflected forms of -aminifu
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mwaminifu
m-mi class(III/IV) mwaminifu miaminifu
ji-ma class(V/VI) aminifu maaminifu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kiaminifu viaminifu
n class(IX/X) aminifu aminifu
u class(XI) mwaminifu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) paaminifu
ku class(XVII) kuaminifu
mu class(XVIII) mwaminifu

References

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  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 18 Nr. 113
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