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rafu

Amanab

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Noun

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rafu

  1. pumpkin

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic رَفّ (raff).

Noun

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rafu (n class, plural rafu)

  1. shelf

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English rough.[1]

Noun

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rafu (n class, plural rafu)

  1. (colloquial, figurative) roughness

References

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  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[1], volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 38 of 33-41
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