msasa

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Shona musasa.

Noun[edit]

msasa (plural msasas)

  1. A tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis. [from 20th c.]
    • 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 285:
      From a big msasa tree that shaded the veranda a pigeon was cooing regularly.

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Swahili[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

msasa (m-mi class, plural misasa)

  1. sandpaper, emery paper (paper coated with abrasive material)
  2. a hookthorn tree (Senegalia caffra)
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