kelbu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).[1]

Noun

kelbu class IX (plural kelbu class X)

  1. dog
    Synonym: mbwa

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 263 Nr. 2465
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