karafuu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

karafuu class IX (plural karafuu class X)

  1. clove (spice)

Derived terms

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 245 Nr. 2280
  2. ^ Zawawi, Sharifa M. (1979) Loan words and their effect on the classification of Swahili nominals‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
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