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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِكَبَّة (mikabba).
Pronunciation
Noun
mkebe class III (plural mikebe class IV)
- a tin, a canister (airtight container)
References
- ^ Zawawi, Sharifa M. (1979) Loan words and their effect on the classification of Swahili nominals, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 45