taratibu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرْتِيب (tartīb, order, sequence).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

taratibu class IX (plural taratibu class X)

  1. pattern, method, organisation

Adverb

taratibu

  1. carefully, slowly
    Synonym: polepole

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 116 Nr. 1036