safura

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ, “bile”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

safura class IX (plural safura class X)

  1. hookworm
  2. hookworm disease, ancylostomiasis
    Synonym: kung'uta

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 180 Nr. 1595
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