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gereza

See also: gerezą

Polish

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gereza

Etymology

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Borrowed from Somali.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɛˈrɛ.za/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛza
  • Syllabification: ge‧re‧za

Noun

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gereza f

  1. guereza (any monkey of the genus Colobus)

Declension

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Declension of gereza
singular plural
nominative gereza gerezy
genitive gerezy gerez
dative gerezie gerezom
accusative gerezę gerezy
instrumental gerezą gerezami
locative gerezie gerezach
vocative gerezo gerezy

Derived terms

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nouns

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “gereza”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • gereza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • gereza in PWN's encyclopedia

Swahili

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek)
    Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō)
    Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
    Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía)bor.
    Old Galician-Portuguese igreja
    Portuguese igrejabor.
    Swahili gereza

    Borrowed from Portuguese igreja (“church”),[1] from Latin ecclēsia.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    gereza (ma class, plural magereza)

    1. prison, jail
      Synonym: jela

    References

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    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 […] The word gereza, meaning “prison” in Swahili, comes from igreja, the Portuguese word for “church.” Perhaps this creative semantic comment reveals the attitudes of Muslim Swahili, who reacted with hostility to Portuguese Christian pressures and wryly observed that the Portuguese built churches in their many fortresses, including Fort Jesus in Mombasa, to shelter their houses of worship from contamination by Islam.
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