chepeo

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese chapéu.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

chepeo class VII (plural vyepeo class VIII)

  1. hat, helmet

Usage notes

  • This chiefly refers to a European-style hat.
  • This word may be treated as a class 5/6 (ma class) noun.

See also

References

  1. ^ Schadeberg, T. (2009). Swahili vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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