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)

  1. row, queue, range (line of things)

Derived terms

References

  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 156 Nr. 1400