tarumbeta
Swahili
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese trombeta.[1][2] Some sources claim it's from English trumpet.[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittarumbeta class V (plural matarumbeta class VI)
References
edit- ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “In addition, the Swahili adopted Portuguese words […] trombeta (trumpet) is tarumbeta”
- ^ Schadeberg, Thilo C. (2009) “Loanwords in Swahili”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, page 102 of 76-102
- ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language[1], volume 16, number 2, , page 39 of 33-41