Wiktionary

kibare

Moore edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar, “news, rumour”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kibare (plural kibaya)

  1. news, information
    Synonyms: bore, yelle
  2. rumour
  3. message
  4. legend, history
    Synonym: yelle

References edit

  1. ^ Kawada, Junzō (2001) Kōtōdenshōron [About Oral Tradition]‎[1] (in Japanese), volume 1, [Tokyo]: Heibonsha, →ISBN, page 439
  • Abomo-Maurin, Marie-Rose (2008) Littérature orale, genres, fonction et réécriture‎[2] (in French), [Paris]: Harmattan, →ISBN, page 32
  • Niggli, Urs, editor (2016), “kibare”, in Moore – French Dictionary‎[3], SIL International, retrieved 2022-08-29

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

kibare (ki-vi class, plural vibare)

  1. (Sheng) a slap (a blow)
    aliwahiwa kibare na mwanamume ― he was slapped by the man
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