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simu class 9 (plural simu class 10)
- “simu” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.
Borrowed from Omani Arabic سيم (sīm, “telegram”), from Persian سیم (sim, “wire”).[1]
simu (n class, plural simu)
- -piga simu
- simu ya mkononi
- simu ya rununu
- simu ya kisasa
- simu ya msaada (“helpline”)
- ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 9 of 1-10: “‘Telephone’, Sw simu. From OAr sym norm. sīm ‘telegram’ (R: 35) (the original meaning in Swahili), from Persian sīm ‘wire’.”
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