safu
See also: s'afu
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَفّ (ṣaff).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
safu class IX (plural safu class X)
Derived terms
- safu ya milima (“mountain range”)
References
- ^ 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 156 Nr. 1400