korosho
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese caroço (“stone, hard seed”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
korosho (ma class, plural makorosho)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “In addition, the Swahili adopted Portuguese words relating to flora as they indigenized new plants that the Portuguese brought with them. These include caraco, from which Swahili made the word korosho (cashew nuts);”