yaani

Bambara

Conjunction

yaani

before

Synonyms

sani

References

Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Interjection

yaani

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

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