katani

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَتَّان (kattān).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

katani class IX (plural katani class X)

  1. fiber from hemp, flax, or sisal

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kikuyu: gatani

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 258 Nr. 2401
  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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