Samburu

English

Etymology

From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use.

Noun

Samburu (plural Samburu or Samburus)

1. A member of an ethnic group of semi-nomadic pastoralists of north central Kenya, related to but distinct from the Maasai.

Proper noun

Samburu

1. Their Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language.

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code saq (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Samburu, saq ⁠