asteaste

Swahili

Etymology

Reduplication of aste (“slow”).[1]

Pronunciation
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Adverb

asteaste

  1. slowly, carefully
    Synonyms: polepole, taratibu

References
  1. Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts‎, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 121: “the reduplicated adverb aste-aste (slowly, very slowly, carefully)”
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