Samburu
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English
Etymology
From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use.
Noun
Samburu (plural Samburu or Samburus)
- A member of an ethnic group of semi-nomadic pastoralists of north central Kenya, related to but distinct from the Maasai.
Proper noun
Samburu
- Their Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language.
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code saq (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Samburu, saq
