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mtama
a word from vocabulary
Swahili
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
mtama
LWT meaning(s)
the millet or sorghum
Word meaning
sorghum
Grammatical info
n 3/4
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
3. perhaps borrowed
Source words
ṭuˁma(t)
'food'
Arabic
ṭaˁām
'food'
Arabic
*tʸaam-
'stalk; grain, millet'
South Cushitic
Effect
No information
Salience
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Contact situation
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