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Msiba

em-SEE-bah

/ɛmˈsiːbə/

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Msiba

Name meaning and origin

Origin
Swahili
Meaning
sorrow, grief
Gender
unisex

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Three syllables. The 'M' alone is a syllable in Swahili.

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