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àlgálàm
a word from vocabulary
Kanuri vocabulary
by
Doris Löhr
and
H. Ekkehard Wolff
with
Ari Awagana
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Word form
àlgálàm
LWT meaning(s)
the pen
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Pre-Modern Islamic [5] (1000–1900)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
al-qalam
'pen, pencil'
Arabic
Effect
Insertion
Salience
present only since contact
Contact situation
Arabic contact with Islam [5]
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