uhuru

Borrowed from Swahili uhuru.

uhuru (uncountable)

1. freedom
   • 2020 December 13, Peter Hermann, Marissa J. Lang and Clarence Williams, “Pro-Trump rally descends into chaos as Proud Boys roam D.C. looking to fight”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     The mood was jubilant — but tense — as the crowd broke into echoing cries of “uhuru,” a Swahili word for “freedom” that the Proud Boys have appropriated as their battle cry, and they continually approached strangers who looked as though they did not belong.

From u- +‎ huru (“independent”).

uhuru class 14

1. independence

• “uhuru” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

From u- (“-ity”) +‎ huru (“free”).

• Audio (Kenya):

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uhuru class XI (no plural)

1. freedom
2. independence (of a nation)

uhuru (unclassified holonym; singulative uhuru a, dual uhuru kipë, plural uhuru pë)

1. child

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎^[2], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115