kilema

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Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili kilema, from Arabic كِلَام (kilām), plural of كَلْم (kalm, “bite, cut”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kilema

  1. deformity; handicap

References

  1. ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009) “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 731 of 717-746

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كِلَام (kilām), plural of كَلْم (kalm, “bite, cut”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

kilema class VII (plural vilema class VIII)

  1. person with a disability, cripple
    Synonym: mlemavu
  2. physical disability, handicap

Descendants

  • → Malagasy: kilema

References

  1. ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009) “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 731 of 717-746
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