laini

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laini¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic لَيِّن (layyin).

adjective

  1. invariable smooth, soft (lacking friction, not rough)

laini²

noun laini

  1. class ix queue, line
  2. class ix line Idadi kubwa ya watu haijasajili laini zao za simu

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

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

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

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@misc{laini_2026,
  title = {laini},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/laini},
  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-laini.flac.