dalili

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dà.líː.lìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [də̀.líː.lìː]

Noun[edit]

dàlīlī̀ m (plural dàlìlai, possessed form dàlīlìn)

  1. cause, reason

References[edit]

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 41.

Swahili[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

dalili (n class, plural dalili)

  1. sign, symptom, indication, omen
    Synonym: ishara
  2. mark, trace, clue
    Synonym: asira