bastola

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pistola.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

bastola (n class, plural bastola)

  1. pistol, revolver

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 53:In addition, the Swahili adopted Portuguese words relating to flora as they indigenized new plants that the Portuguese brought with them. [] pistol (pistol) became bastola in Swahili (nowadays pisto);