risasi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَصَاص (raṣāṣ).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

risasi class IX (plural risasi class X)

  1. bullet
  2. lead (chemical element)

Descendants

  • → Digo: risasi
  • → Jita: ri-saási
  • → Kikuyu: rĩthathi
  • → Luganda: `ssasì
  • → Nyakyusa: ilísasí
  • → Nyankole: iːsási, amasási, kisási

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, pages 121-122 Nr. 1083
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