bakuli

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَاقُولْ (bāqūl).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

bakuli class V (plural mabakuli class VI)

  1. bowl, tureen

Descendants

  • → Gujarati: બકુડી (bakuḍī)
  • → Luganda: bbakuli
  • → Malagasy: bakoly

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), 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, pages 36-37 Nr. 280
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