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awali

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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awali class IX (plural awali class X)

  1. origin, beginning

Adverb

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awali

  1. before, prior, firstly

Adjective

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awali (invariable)

  1. first, initial

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 20 Nr. 134
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