binafsi

Swahili

Etymology

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Proto-Semitic *napš-

Arabic بِنَفْسِهِ (binafsihi)bor.

Swahili binafsi

Borrowed from Arabic بِنَفْسِهِ (binafsihi).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

binafsi

1. personally

Adjective

binafsi (invariable)

1. personal, self

   mimi binafsi ― myself

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -binafsisha

• Nominal derivations:
  • ubinafsi (“individualism”)

• Other derivations:
  • kibinafsi