kanisa

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnisa/
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ni‧sa

Adjective

kanisa (accusative singular kanisan, plural kanisaj, accusative plural kanisajn)

  1. related or pertaining to the genus Canis

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

kanisa class V (plural makanisa class VI)

  1. church (a house of worship)

Descendants

  • → Kikuyu: kanitha
  • → Luganda: ekkanisa

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) 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 265 Nr. 2486
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