mbolea

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese boleo.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

mbolea class IX (plural mbolea class X)

  1. manure
    Synonym: samadi
  2. fertilizer

References

  1. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015), The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 86
  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 128 Nr. 195
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