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taratibu

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Arabic رَتَّبَ (rattaba)
Arabic تَرْتِيب (tartīb)bor.
Swahili taratibu

    Borrowed from Arabic تَرْتِيب (tartīb, “order, sequence”).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Noun

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    taratibu class IX (plural taratibu class X)

    1. pattern, method, organisation

    Adverb

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    taratibu

    1. carefully, slowly
      Synonym: polepole

    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 116 Nr. 1036
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