atiadv.int.

Brit.

/ˈati/, U.S.

/ˈædi/, East African English

/ˈati/

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili ati.

Etymology: < Swahili ati, interjection used to attract attention, especially to introduce a statement, ultimately < a Bantu verb stem with the sense ‘to say’ (which does not otherwise survive in Swahili).

East African.

A. adv.

As someone said; reportedly, allegedly, supposedly.

ΚΠ

2010 Nation (Nairobi) (Nexis) 4 Aug. So disgusted!.. Ati ma name is not in the register?

2019 area254.blogspot.com (accessed 3 Oct. 2019) The..MP..blocked Mr. Miller from a gava job ati cause he used to chapa his wife.

B. int.

Used interrogatively to request the repetition of words that the speaker failed to hear or understand: ‘What did you say?’, ‘Could you repeat that?’, ‘Pardon?’

ΚΠ

2010 @_machariamaina 1 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2019) Ati wat?

2018 @wanjirugrace132 23 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2019) Ati what did you say, Mami?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	ati
释义	atiadv.int. Brit. /ˈati/, U.S. /ˈædi/, East African English /ˈati/ Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili ati. Etymology: < Swahili ati, interjection used to attract attention, especially to introduce a statement, ultimately < a Bantu verb stem with the sense ‘to say’ (which does not otherwise survive in Swahili). East African. A. adv. As someone said; reportedly, allegedly, supposedly. ΚΠ 2010 Nation (Nairobi) (Nexis) 4 Aug. So disgusted!.. Ati ma name is not in the register? 2019 area254.blogspot.com (accessed 3 Oct. 2019) The..MP..blocked Mr. Miller from a gava job ati cause he used to chapa his wife. B. int. Used interrogatively to request the repetition of words that the speaker failed to hear or understand: ‘What did you say?’, ‘Could you repeat that?’, ‘Pardon?’ ΚΠ 2010 @_machariamaina 1 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2019) Ati wat? 2018 @wanjirugrace132 23 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2019) Ati what did you say, Mami? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). > see also also refers to : -aticomb. form < adv.int.2010 see also
随便看	to take up one's livery to take up one's parable to take up one's pen to take up one's quarters to take up one's residence to take up one's station to take up parable to take up residence to take up roost to take up savings to take up short to take up station to take up the ball to take up the bucklers to take up the cudgels to take up the gauntlet to take up the hatchet to take up the running to take up the slack to take up the table to take up the thread to take up the thread of to take up the threads to take up the threads of to take up the tomahawk

atiadv.int.

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