muhuri

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mú.húː.ɽíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mʊ́.húː.ɽíː]

Noun

muhūrī m (plural mùhū̀rai, possessed form muhūrin)

  1. A two-handled carving tool.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُهْر (muhr, “stamp, seal”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

muhuri class III (plural mihuri class IV)

  1. seal (something that secures or authenticates)

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 283 Nr. 2676
  2. ^ Zawawi, Sharifa M. (1979) Loan words and their effect on the classification of Swahili nominals‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
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