Where does “tisini” come from?
tisini (Swahili) comes from Arabic تسعون, from Arabic تِسْع — nine.
tisini (Swahili): ninety
Ancestry of “tisini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | تسعون | ninety; second-person masculine plural non-past... |
| 2 | Arabic | تِسْع | nine |