adabu

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adabu

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Borrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

noun adabu

  1. class ix etiquette, good manners, courtesy
  2. class ix respect, politeness
  3. class ix discipline

In English

  • respect admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • good manners treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness

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"adabu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/adabu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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adabu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/adabu

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"adabu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/adabu.

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@misc{adabu_2026,
  title = {adabu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/adabu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-adabu.flac.