mbolea
Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese boleo.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mbolea class IX (plural mbolea class X)
- manure
- Synonym: samadi
- fertilizer
References
[edit]- ^ Mugane, John M. (2015), The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 86
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (16 October 2023), Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa (Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture; 40), Leiden: Brill, , →ISBN, page 128 Nr. 195