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Swahilize

Swahilize verb: to convert or adapt to Swahili.

Verb

Swahilize (third-person singular simple present Swahilizes, present participle Swahilizing, simple past and past participle Swahilized)

  1. To convert or adapt to Swahili.

Forms of Swahilize

third-person singular presentSwahilizes
present participleSwahilizing
past participleSwahilized
pastSwahilized

Origin of Swahilize

From Swahili + -ize.

Questions about Swahilize

What does Swahilize mean?
Swahilize means to convert or adapt to Swahili.
What part of speech is Swahilize?
Swahilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Swahilize?
The past tense of Swahilize is Swahilized.

Words near Swahilize in the dictionary

  1. Swahilian
  2. Swahilians
  3. Swahililand
  4. Swahilis
  5. Swahilization
  6. Swahilize
  7. Swahilized
  8. Swahilizes
  9. Swahilizing
  10. swai
  11. swailing

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