mvinyo

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mvinyo

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Portuguese vinho.^[1] The m- is in fact originally an n-, which was prefixed to the stem as a result of the term's placement in the n class.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

mvinyo (n class, plural mvinyo) or mvinyo (m-mi class, plural mivinyo)

wine
Synonym: divai
spirits

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 […] vinho (wine) was taken in as mvinyo and extended to include distilled spirits;”

[1] 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 […] vinho (wine) was taken in as mvinyo and extended to include distilled spirits;”

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