uhuru

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Swahili u-

Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr)bor.

Swahili huru

Swahili uhurubor.

English uhuru

Borrowed from Swahili uhuru, from u- (“-ity”) + huru (“free”).

Noun

uhuru (uncountable)

1. freedom
   • 2020 December 13, Peter Hermann, Marissa J. Lang and Clarence Williams, “Pro-Trump rally descends into chaos as Proud Boys roam D.C. looking to fight”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     The mood was jubilant — but tense — as the crowd broke into echoing cries of “uhuru,” a Swahili word for “freedom” that the Proud Boys have appropriated as their battle cry, and they continually approached strangers who looked as though they did not belong.

Maore Comorian

Etymology

From u- +‎ huru (“independent”).

Noun

uhuru class 14

1. independence

References

• “uhuru” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Swahili u-

Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr)bor.

Swahili huru

Swahili uhuru

From u- (“-ity”) + huru (“free”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

uhuru class XI (no plural)

1. freedom
2. independence (of a nation)

Descendants

• → English: uhuru

Yanomam

Noun

uhuru (unclassified holonym; singulative uhuru a, dual uhuru kipë, plural uhuru pë)

1. child

References

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017), Yanomama Clause Structure‎^[2], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115