tumbaku
Swahili
Alternative forms
- tumbako, tombaku, tombako
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تُمْبَك (tumbak).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
tumbaku class IX (plural tumbaku class X)
- tobacco (leaves)
Derived terms
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 46 Nr. 363a