bereu

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From ber (“spear, skewer”) +‎ -eu

Noun

bereu

  1. plural of ber

Mutation

Mutated forms of bereu
radical soft nasal aspirate
bereu uereu / vereu mereu unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese breu.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

bereu class IX (plural bereu class X)

  1. tar, pitch
  2. (nautical) oil to caulk vessels

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 130 Nr. 206
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