korosho

Swahili

Etymology

From Portuguese caroço (“stone, hard seed”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

korosho class V (plural makorosho class VI)

  1. cashew nut

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “In addition, the Swahili adopted Portuguese words relating to flora as they indigenized new plants that the Portuguese brought with them. These include caraco, from which Swahili made the word korosho (cashew nuts);”
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