hobela
Swahili
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic خَبِل (ḵabil).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithobela (invariable)
- distempered, wode
- disordered, lacking definite arrangement
- amorphous (non-crystalline)
References
edit- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86 Nr. 765