wakati

From Arabic وَقْت (waqt).

wakati class 11 (plural nyakati class 10)

1. time

• “wakati” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Borrowed from Arabic وَقْت (waqt).^[1]

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wakati class XI (plural nyakati class X)

1. time; timing

   Synonym: wakaa

   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 15:

     اَوُ اِغَ فُمْبِ لَمُوَاغَزَ ، وَقَتِ وَيُوَ لِكِتُپُوْزَ

     Au enga vumbi la-muangaza, waqati wa-yua likitupuza;

     Or when the sun shines, see the mote in its ray

2. (grammar) tense

From Arabic وَقْت (waqt, “time”), perhaps through Hausa wōkàcī.

• IPA^(key): /wá.kà.tí/

wákàtí • (Ajami Spelling وَكَتِ)

1. hour