Where does “shuku” come from?

shuku (Swahili) comes from Arabic شَكَّ — to {{l|en|poke}}, to {{l|en|distrust}}.

shuku (Swahili): to suspect; to doubt, to worry

Definitions

  1. to suspect; to doubt, to worry

Ancestry of “shuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَكَّto {{l|en|poke}}, to {{l|en|distrust}}
Every word from Arabic شَكَّ
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