asili

From Swahili asili (“origin”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani.

asili (uncountable)

1. (anthropology) The central seed or "germinating matrix" of a culture.
   • 2002, Susan Hawthorne, Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation, Bio/diversity, page 381:

     Law, religion and worldview emerge from the chrysalis of the asili. In western culture the asili is characterised by separation and universalism.

• Salii

asili m

1. plural of asilo

• lisai
• salii

asīlī

1. nominative plural of asīlus
2. genitive singular of asīlus
3. vocative plural of asīlus

From Arabic أَصْل‎ (ʾaṣl).

asili (n class, plural asili)

1. origin

• asilimia