bastola

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Swahili[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese pistola.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

bastola (n class, plural bastola)

  1. pistol, revolver

Hypernyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “In addition, the Swahili adopted Portuguese words relating to flora as they indigenized new plants that the Portuguese brought with them. […] pistol (pistol) became bastola in Swahili (nowadays pisto);”
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