ujuba

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أُعْجُوبَة (ʔuʕjūba, “miracle, marvel”).[1]

Noun

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ujuba (n class, plural ujuba)

  1. fearlessness, insolence

References

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  1. ^ 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 199 Nr. 1785
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