dafu

See also: dáfù, dàfū, dàfú, and dàfù

Swahili

Madafu mtini.

Etymology

An old borrowing from an Indo-Aryan language; compare Hindi डाब (ḍāb) and Bengali ডাব (ḍabo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

dafu class V (plural madafu class VI)

1. young coconut, a coconut with water in it

Descendants

• → Malagasy: dafo

See also

• nazi (“mature coconut”)
• mbata (“old coconut”)
• mnazi (“coconut palm”)
• koroma (“ripening coconut”)