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bawaba

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

bawabu (“porter”) +‎ -a or from dialectal Arabic بَوَّابَة (bawwāba, “gate”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun edit

bawaba (n class, plural bawaba)

  1. hinge

References edit

  • Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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, page 43 Nr. 333
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