hobela
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Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic خَبِل (ḵabil).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective[edit]
hobela (invariable)
- distempered, wode
- disordered, lacking definite arrangement
- amorphous (non-crystalline)
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 86 Nr. 765