WOLD -

bàrmús

a word from vocabulary Kanuri vocabulary by Doris Löhr and H. Ekkehard Wolff with Ari Awagana

Word form	bàrmús
LWT meaning(s)	the cloak
Comments on word	distant assimilation
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	Pre-Modern Islamic [5] (1000–1900)

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	burnus 'cloak' Arabic
Effect	Insertion
Salience	present only since contact
Contact situation	Arabic contact with Islam [5]