Wiktionary

karamu

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Swahili karamu (“feast, banquet”).

Noun edit

karamu

  1. The feast eaten as part of Kwanzaa celebrations.

Anagrams edit

Ngazidja Comorian edit

Noun edit

karamu class 9 (plural karamu class 10)

  1. banquet

References edit

  • “karamu” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَرَم (karam, “bounty, generosity”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun edit

karamu (n class, plural karamu)

  1. feast, banquet
  2. party, celebration

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 260 Nr. 2419
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