vumbi

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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vumbi class V or IX (no plural)

1. powder, dust

   Synonyms: mavumbi, uvumbi

   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 15:

     اَوُ اِغَ فُمْبِ لَمُوَاغَزَ ، وَقَتِ وَيُوَ لِكِتُپُوْزَ

     Au enga vumbi la-muangaza, waqati wa-yua likitupuza;

     Or when the sun shines, see the mote in its ray

   • 2014, 1954tanu, JamiiForums‎^[2]:

     mfano, mzuri ni kama vile unavyoona vumbi la chamchela inavyozunguka tokea kiini cha katikati.

     A good example is you see the dust of a galaxy rotating from the central core.

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