Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَأْكُول (maʔkūl).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

maakuli (ma class, plural only)

  1. food, provisions, victual

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 14 No. 78