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ikweta

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English equator.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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ikweta class IX (plural ikweta class X)

  1. equator
    Synonym: istiwai

References

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  1. ^ Bolton, Caitlyn (2016) “Making Africa Legible: Kiswahili Arabic and Orthographiic Romanization in Colonial Zanzibar”, in American Journal of Islam and Society‎[1], volume 33, number 3, →DOI, page 71 of 61–78: “The entirely new words were all drawn from English, recast into “Swahili” spelling and pronunciation: Equator became ikweta, number became namba, and judge became jaji.”
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