bé-taulimwa

Cemuhî

Etymology

A native construction using the tool-naming prefix bé-, literally "house-cleaning tool".

Noun

bé-taulimwa

1. broom

Synonyms

• balé (French loanword)

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN
• Jean Claude Rivierre, Dictionnaire cèmuhî-français (1994)