tofauti
Appearance
Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic تَفاوُت (tafāwut).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tofauti class IX (plural tofauti class X)
Derived terms
[edit]- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -tofautisha
- Reciprocal: -tofautiana
Adjective
[edit]tofauti (invariable)
Derived terms
[edit]- utofauti (“diversity”)
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 239 Nr. 2209