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beberu
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
beberu
LWT meaning(s)
the he-goat
Word meaning
he-goat; strong dominating man, imperialist
Grammatical info
n 5/6
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
2. probably borrowed
Source words
barbarī
'a species of goat'
Hindi-Urdu
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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