nusu

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nusu

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Borrowed from Omani Arabic نص (nuṣṣ), widespread dialectal variant of standard Arabic نِصْف (niṣf, “half”).

noun nusu

  1. class ix half

In English

  • half one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • one-half ½

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

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

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

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@misc{nusu_2026,
  title = {nusu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/nusu},
  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-nusu.flac.