takatifu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Adjective

-takatifu (declinable)

1. (religion) holy

Declension

Inflected forms of -takatifu

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mtakatifu	watakatifu
m-mi class(III/IV)	mtakatifu	mitakatifu
ji-ma class(V/VI)	takatifu	matakatifu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kitakatifu	vitakatifu
n class(IX/X)	takatifu	takatifu
u class(XI)	mtakatifu	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	patakatifu
ku class(XVII)	kutakatifu
mu class(XVIII)	mutakatifu

Derived terms

• mtakatifu (“saint”)
• utakatifu (“holiness”)