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Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic اِبْن (ibn) + Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm). By surface analysis, bin + amu.
Pronunciation
Noun
binamu class I/IX (plural binamu class II/X or mabinamu class II/X)
- cousin (any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant, and more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc.)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (November 30 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39 Nr. 312