kabati

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English cupboard,[1] from Middle English cuppeborde. Lodhi suggests from Gujarati કબાટ (kabāṭ).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑˈɓɑti/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

kabati class V (plural makabati class VI)

  1. cupboard (enclosed storage)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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 860 of 854-871
  2. ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000), Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts‎[2], Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 174
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