shashimamishi

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Swahili[edit]

FWOTD – 19 August 2015

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic [Term?].

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably from some Omani dialect: شي ما مشي (literally “something that hasn't worked”)”

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑʃimɑˈmiʃi/
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adverb[edit]

shashimamishi

  1. haughtily, arrogantly
    • 1977, C. G. Mung'ong'o, Mirathi ya hatari, page 52:
      Aliniangalia shashimamishi nikajiona mpumbavu mkubwa!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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