sabuni
Bangi
Noun
sabuni
Kongo
Etymology
Noun
sabuni class 5
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn),[1] from Latin sāpō.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
sabuni class IX (plural sabuni class X)
- soap (substance)
- bar of soap
- Synonym: mche wa sabuni
Derived terms
- mche wa sabuni (“bar of soap”)
- sabuni ya unga (“washing powder”)
Descendants
- → Gusii: esabuni
- → Kikuyu: thabuni
- → Kongo: sabuni
- → Lingala: sabúni
- → Luganda: ssabbuuni
- → Luhya: esabuni
- → Sukuma: sabuni
- → Maore Comorian: sabuni
- → Ngazidja Comorian: saɓuni
- → Rwanda-Rundi: isabune
References
- ^ 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, pages 174-175 Nr. 1557