bawaba
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Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
bawabu (“porter”) + -a or from dialectal Arabic بَوَّابَة (bawwāba, “gate”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun[edit]
bawaba (n class, plural bawaba)
References[edit]
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43 Nr. 333