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tarumbeta

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese trombeta.[1][2] Some sources claim it's from English trumpet.[3]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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tarumbeta (ma class, plural matarumbeta)

  1. trumpet

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 […] trombeta (trumpet) is tarumbeta”
  2. ^ Schadeberg, Thilo C. (2009) “Loanwords in Swahili”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 102 of 76-102
  3. ^ 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 39 of 33-41
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