sabuni
Bangi
[edit]Noun
[edit]sabuni
Kongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sabuni class 5
Swahili
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn),[1] from Latin sāpō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sabuni class IX (plural sabuni class X)
- soap (substance)
- bar of soap
- Synonym: mche wa sabuni
Derived terms
[edit]- mche wa sabuni (“bar of soap”)
- sabuni ya unga (“washing powder”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Gusii: esabuni
- → Kikuyu: thabuni
- → Kongo: sabuni
- → Lingala: sabúni
- → Luganda: ssabbuuni
- → Luhya: esabuni
- → Sukuma: sabuni
- → Maore Comorian: sabuni
- → Ngazidja Comorian: saɓuni
- → Rwanda-Rundi: isabune
References
[edit]- ^ 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, pages 174-175 Nr. 1557
Categories:
- Bangi lemmas
- Bangi nouns
- Kongo terms borrowed from Swahili
- Kongo terms derived from Swahili
- Kongo lemmas
- Kongo nouns
- Kongo class 5 nouns
- kg:Toiletries
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from Latin
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns
- sw:Hygiene
- sw:Toiletries