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barasi

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Mansaka

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Conjunction

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barasi

  1. but

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَرَص (baraṣ, “leprosy”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɓɑˈɾɑ.si/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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barasi class IX (plural barasi class X)

  1. vitiligo (skin disease)

Usage notes

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  • Despite the etymology of the word coming from the Arabic word for leprosy, the word refers to patchy loss of skin pigmentation (vitiligo). The Swahili word for "leprosy" is ukoma.

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 28 Nr. 206
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