naibu
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]naibu
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]naibu class V (plural manaibu class VI)
- deputy
- naibu waziri mkuu ― deputy prime minister
- representative
References
[edit]- ^ 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 295 Nr. 2810