jasusi
Appearance
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jasusi (ma class, plural majasusi)
Derived terms
[edit]- ujasusi (“espionage, spying”)
References
[edit]- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 58 Nr. 478