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mkasi

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَقَص (maqaṣ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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mkasi class III (plural mikasi class IV)

  1. scissors

Descendants

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  • Kikuyu: magathĩ
  • Lingala: makási
  • Luganda: màkânsi

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), 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 247 Nr. 2291
  2. ^ Zawawi, Sharifa M. (1979), Loan words and their effect on the classification of Swahili nominals[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 45