kilema

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Malagasy[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swahili kilema, from Arabic كِلَام‎ (kilām), plural of كَلْم‎ (kalm, “bite, cut”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kiˈlema/, [ki̥ˈlemə̥]

Noun[edit]

kilema

  1. deformity; handicap

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic كِلَام‎ (kilām), plural of كَلْم‎ (kalm, “bite, cut”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

kilema (ki-vi class, plural vilema)

  1. person with a disability, cripple
    Synonym: mlemavu
  2. physical disability, handicap

Descendants[edit]

  • → Malagasy: kilema

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009), “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 731.
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