huzuni

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic حُزْن (ḥuzn).[1][2]

Pronunciation
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Noun

huzuni (n class, no plural)

  1. sadness, grief, sorrow

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • Verbal derivations:
    • Applicative: -huzunia (“to grieve, regret, worry”)
    • Causative: -huzunisha (“to sadden”)
    • Stative: -huzunika (“to be grieved”)

References
  1. 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 73 Nr. 640
  2. Harvey, Andrew (2014) “Epenthetic Vowels in Swahili Loanwords”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education‎, volume 8, number 2, page 19 of 17-45: “Ar. huzn [huzn] -> Sw. huzuni [huzuni] ‘grief’”
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