tarumbeta

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese trombeta.[1][2] Some sources claim it's from English trumpet.[3][4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

tarumbeta class V (plural matarumbeta class VI)

  1. trumpet

References

  1. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015), The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “In addition, the Swahili adopted Portuguese words […] trombeta (trumpet) is tarumbeta”
  2. ^ Schadeberg, Thilo C. (2009), “Loanwords in Swahili”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 102 of 76-102
  3. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996), “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[1], volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 39 of 33-41
  4. ^ Tucker, A. N. (1946), “Foreign Sounds in Swahili”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎[2], volume 11, number 4, →DOI, page 858 of 854-871
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