parokia

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese paróquia.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

parokia class IX (plural parokia class X)

  1. parish
    Synonym: parishi

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 228 Nr. 697