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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

busu.

kiss

4 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. kiss

    class-v
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Classical Persian بوسه (bōsa), through an Arabic intermediate; compare Omani Arabic بوس (būs) and Arabic بَاسَ (bāsa, verb), the imperative of which would regularly yield the Swahili verb.

verb

  1. to kiss

Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Classical Persian بوسه (bōsa), through an Arabic intermediate; compare Omani Arabic بوس (būs) and Arabic بَاسَ (bāsa, verb), the imperative of which would regularly yield the Swahili verb.

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