korosho
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese caroço (“stone, hard seed”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]korosho class V (plural makorosho class VI)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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 relating to flora as they indigenized new plants that the Portuguese brought with them. These include caraco, from which Swahili made the word korosho (cashew nuts);”