barabara
Japanese
Romanization
barabara
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili barabara.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a tetrasyllabic stem.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
Audio: (file)
Noun
barabara class 9/10 (plural barabara)
References
- ^ “barabara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 24. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 18.
Swahili
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Etymology 1
Possibly from Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, earth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
barabara (n class, plural barabara)
- road (strip of land made suitable for travel)
- 2019 July 30, “Erick Kabendera: Polisi wa Tanzania wanasema walimkamata mwandishi huyo [Erick Kabendera: Police in Tanzania say they have arrested the reporter]”, in BBC Swahili:
- Baada ya siku tisa Mo kama anavyojulikana nchini humo, alitupwa nje ya uwanja wa Gymkana katika barabara ya Ocean Road eneo linalolindwa sana kwa kuwa barabara hiyo inelekea ikulu ya rais nchini Tanzania.
- After nine days Mo, as he [Mohammed Dewji] is known in the country, was thrown out of the Gymkana Stadium on the road Ocean Road in an area that is well protected, as the road leads to the presidential palace in Tanzania.
- maisha ni barabara ndefu
- life is a long road
- Synonym: njia
Descendants
- Kikuyu: barabara
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
barabara (invariable)
Adverb
barabara
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