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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَلْب (kalb).[1]
Noun
kelbu (n class, plural kelbu)
- dog
- Synonym: mbwa
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 263 Nr. 2465