yaani

Kiswahili

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yaani

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “[he/she/it] means”).

interjection

adjectival, adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
er, so, uh, well

In English

i.e. that is
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"yaani." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/yaani. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX

@misc{yaani_2026,
  title = {yaani},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/yaani},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}