chepeo
Swahili
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese chapéu.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchepeo (ki-vi class, plural vyepeo)
Usage notes
edit- This chiefly refers to a European-style hat.
- This word may be treated as a class 5/6 (ma class) noun.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Schadeberg, T. (2009). Swahili vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.