risasi
Appearance
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic رَصَاص (raṣāṣ).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]risasi class IX (plural risasi class X)
Descendants
[edit]- → Digo: risasi
- → Jita: ri-saási
- → Kikuyu: rĩthathi
- → Luganda: `ssasì
- → Nyakyusa: ilísasí
- → Nyankole: iːsási, amasási, kisási
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, pages 121-122 Nr. 1083