mvinyo

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese vinho. The m- is in fact originally an n-, which was prefixed to the stem as a result of the term's placement in the n class.

Noun

mvinyo (n class, plural mvinyo) or mvinyo (m-mi class, plural mivinyo)

  1. spirits

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