shule
English edit
Noun edit
shule (plural shules)
- Alternative form of shul (“Ashkenazic synagogue”)
Swahili edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Schule.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
shule (n class, plural shule)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- shule ya kitaifa (“state school”)
- shule ya msingi (“primary school”)
- shule ya sekondari (“secondary school”)
- shule ya upili (“secondary school”)
- shule ya bweni (“boarding school”)
- shule ya kibinafsi (“private school”)
- shule ya kutwa (“day school”)
- shule ya umma (“public school, state school”)
References edit
- ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “Nonetheless, the Swahili took in a number of German words to talk about their experiences with these intruders. […] So too has the word shule, from the German word Schule, referring to the basic educational system established in the colony.”
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English shoule, from Old English *sċufl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shule [1]
Verb edit
shule
- to turn
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 19[2]:
- An eachy tear ud shule a mill
- And every tear would turn a mill,
References edit
- ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 67
- ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland