suaíli

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Swahili,[1] from Swahili swahili, from plural of Arabic سَاحِل‎ (sāḥil, “coast”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.aˈi.li/ [sʊ.aˈi.li], (faster pronunciation) /swaˈi.li/

  • Hyphenation: su‧a‧í‧li

Noun

suaíli m (uncountable)

  1. Swahili (a language of Eastern Africa)

Adjective

suaíli m or f (plural suaílis, not comparable)

  1. of the Swahili language

References
  1. “suaíli” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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