lawama
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لَوْم (lawm).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
lawama class IX (plural lawama class X)
Related terms
- -laumu (“to blame”)
References
- ^ 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 273 Nr. 2571