sanduku

Kituba

Noun

sanduku

  1. box

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili sanduku.

Noun

sanduku

  1. box

Sango

Noun

sanduku

  1. box

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

sanduku class V (plural masanduku class VI)

  1. box

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kikuyu: ithandũkũ
  • → Kituba: sandúku
  • → Lingala: sandúku

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, pages 181-182 Nr. 1617
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