binamu

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn) + Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm).[1] By surface analysis, bin +‎ amu.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧na‧mu

Noun

binamu class I/IX (plural binamu class II/X or mabinamu class II/X)

  1. cousin (any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant, and more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc.)

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, page 39 Nr. 312
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