karafuu
Swahili
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karafuu class IX (plural karafuu class X)
- clove (spice)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 245 Nr. 2280
- ^ Zawawi, Sharifa M. (1979) Loan words and their effect on the classification of Swahili nominals[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 45