shupaza

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese espadas.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

shupaza class IX (plural shupaza class X)

  1. spades (suit of cards)
    Synonym: jembe

See also

Suits in Swahili · ng'anda (see also: karata, karata za kucheza) (layout · text)
makopa uru shupaza, majembe pao, pau, karanga, mavi ya mbuzi

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Frederick (1939), A Standard Swahili-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 427
  2. ^ 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 172 Nr. 411
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