sakafu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَقْف (saqf, ceiling).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

sakafu class IX (plural sakafu class X)

  1. floor (lower part of a room)

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 145 Nr. 1304