beramu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese beirame.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

beramu class IX (plural beramu class X)

  1. flag, banner
    Synonym: bendera

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Frederick (1939), A Standard Swahili-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 33
  2. ^ Baldi, Sergio (16 October 2023), Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa (Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture; 40), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 124 Nr. 171
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