tofauti
Swahili
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَفاوُت (tafāwut).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
tofauti class IX (plural tofauti class X)
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -tofautisha
- Reciprocal: -tofautiana
Adjective
tofauti (invariable)
Derived terms
- utofauti (“diversity”)
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 239 Nr. 2209