kitabu

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kitabu

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). The first syllable of the Arabic word has been reinterpreted as the Swahili noun prefix ki-.

noun vitabu

  1. class vii book

    Similar: buku

In English

  • book collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written mater
  • e-book electronic book

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MLA

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{kitabu_2026,
  title = {kitabu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kitabu},
  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-kitabu.flac.