karamu

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swahili karamu (“feast, banquet”).

Noun

karamu

  1. The feast eaten as part of Kwanzaa celebrations.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori karamū.

Noun

karamu

  1. (New Zealand) Any of several species of Coprosma trees and shrubs found in New Zealand.
    • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 340:
      He shuts his eyes, and drops the twig of karamu he holds in his left hand.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

karamu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of からむ

Ngazidja Comorian

Noun

karamu class 9 (plural karamu class 10)

  1. banquet

References

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic كَرَم (karam, “bounty, generosity”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

karamu class IX (plural karamu class X)

  1. feast, banquet
  2. party, celebration

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 260 Nr. 2419
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