aisee

See also: aisée

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English I say!.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Interjection

aisee

  1. Used to express surprise or strong emotion.

References

  1. ^ Almasi, Oswald; Fallon, Michael David; Nazish, Pardhan Wared (2014), Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels, Lanham • New York • Oxford: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 371: “Aisee! – Expression used to attract someone’s attention, taken from the British expression “I Say!””
  2. ^ Gower, R. H. (April 1952), “Swahili Borrowings from English”, in Africa‎[1], volume 22, number 2, →DOI, page 156 of 154-157
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