ashiki

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِشْق‎ (ʕišq).

Pronunciation
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Noun

ashiki (needs class)

  1. strong desire, affection
  2. libido
    Synonyms: nyege, libido

References
  • Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015), “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum‎, volume 22, →ISSN, page 87-88 of 72-103
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