lijamu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِجَام (lijām).[1]

Noun

lijamu class IX (plural lijamu class X)

  1. bridle bit (piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth)

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, page 269 Nr. 2527
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