释义 |
swa·hi·li \swäˈhēlē, -li\ noun (plural swahili or swahilis) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Arabic sawāḥil (plural of sāḥil coast) + -īy belonging to 1. a. : a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast b. : a member of such people 2. : a Bantu language of East Africa spoken originally in Zanzibar and the adjacent coast that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo — see kingwana |