foronya

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fronha.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /fɔˈɾɔ.ɲɑ/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

foronya class IX (plural foronya class X)

  1. pillow case

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Frederick (1939), A Standard Swahili-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 98
  2. ^ Tucker, A. N. (1946), “Foreign Sounds in Swahili”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎[1], volume 11, number 4, →DOI, page 858 of 854-871
  3. ^ 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 185 Nr. 478
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