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homa
a word from vocabulary
Swahili vocabulary
by
Thilo Schadeberg
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Word form
homa
LWT meaning(s)
the fever
Word meaning
fever
Grammatical info
n 9(/10)
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
ḥumma(t)
'fever'
Arabic
Salience
present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Indian Ocean [1]
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