mwafaka

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوَافَقَة (muwāfaqa).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

mwafaka class III (plural miafaka class IV)

  1. agreement, accord, concord, common ground, compromise

Adjective

-mwafaka (declinable)

  1. acceptable (suitable)

Declension

Inflected forms of -mwafaka
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mmwafaka
m-mi class(III/IV) mmwafaka mimwafaka
ji-ma class(V/VI) mwafaka mamwafaka
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kimwafaka vimwafaka
n class(IX/X) mwafaka mwafaka
u class(XI) mmwafaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pamwafaka
ku class(XVII) kumwafaka
mu class(XVIII) mumwafaka

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 307 Nr. 2964
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