Kiswahili

or ki-Swa·hi·li

[ kee-swah-hee-lee ]
/ ˌki swɑˈhi li /

noun

Swahili(def 2).

Definition for ki-swahili (2 of 2)

Swahili
[ swah-hee-lee ]
/ swɑˈhi li /

noun, plural Swa·hi·lis, (especially collectively) Swa·hi·li for 1.

a member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.
Also Kiswahili, ki-Swahili. the Bantu language of the Swahili people, used also as a lingua franca in Tanzania, Kenya, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

OTHER WORDS FROM Swahili

Swa·hi·li·an, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for ki-swahili

Swahili
/ (swɑːˈhiːlɪ) /

noun

Also called: Kiswahili a language of E Africa that is an official language of Kenya and Tanzania and is widely used as a lingua franca throughout E and central Africa. It is a member of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family, originally spoken in Zanzibar, and has a large number of loan words taken from Arabic and other languages
Also called: Mswahili, Waswahili plural -lis or -li a member of a people speaking this language, living chiefly in Zanzibar

adjective

of or relating to the Swahilis or their language

Derived forms of Swahili

Swahilian, adjective

Word Origin for Swahili

C19: from Arabic sawāhil coasts