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manjano
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
manjano
LWT meaning(s)
yellow
Word meaning
tumeric; yellow colour
Grammatical info
n 9/10 as GEN modifier
Comments on word
bendera ya majano [flag of yellow.colour]
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
manǧa
'turmeric?'
Hindi-Urdu
Unidentifiable
Tamil
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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