mkasi

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مَقَص (maqaṣ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

mkasi class III (plural mikasi class IV)

  1. scissors

Descendants

  • → Kikuyu: magathĩ
  • → Lingala: makási
  • → Luganda: màkânsi

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 247 Nr. 2291
  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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