maadamu

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَا دَامَ (mā dāma).[1]

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

maadamu

  1. provided, since

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 108 Nr. 960