mifua

Swahili

Etymology

Perhaps an early Cushitic borrowing; compare Somali gub- (“burn”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

mifua class IV (plural only)

  1. (in a few scattered dialects) bellows
    Synonym: mvukuto

References

  • Klein-Arendt, Reinhard (2000) “The Iron Crafts of the Swahili from the Perspective of Historical Semantics”, in Swahili Forum‎[1], volume 7, pages 153–204
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