waba

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ).[1]

Noun

waba class IX (plural waba class X)

  1. cholera
    Synonym: kipindupindu

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 300 Nr. 2877
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