maadamu

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Swahili[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَا دَامَ (mā dāma).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Conjunction[edit]

maadamu

  1. provided, since

References[edit]

  • Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 108 Nr. 960