mbatata

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese batata,[1] from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

mbatata class IX (plural mbatata class X)

  1. potato

References

  1. ^ 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 123 Nr. 165
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