Desemba

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English December.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Desemba

  1. December

See also

Gregorian calendar months: miezi ya mwaka[c 1]edit
  1. ^ Months are more commonly referred to by number rather than name, e.g. mwezi wa kwanza, mwezi wa pili, mwezi wa kumi na mbili rather than Januari, Februari, Desemba.

References

  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[1], volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10
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