paipu

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Japanese

Romanization

paipu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of パイプ

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English pipe.[1]

Noun

paipu (n class, plural paipu)

  1. pipe
    Synonym: bomba
  2. tube
    • 2015 November 8, “6 wahukumiwa kifo kwa kuua wato 2 Bangladesh”, in BBC News Swahili‎:
      Walimbana na kumuingiza paipu yenye upepo mkali hadi akafa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2018 January 17, “Apasuka koo kwa kujaribu kuzuia kupiga chafya”, in BBC News Swahili‎:
      Mtu huyo alilazimika kulishwa kwa kutumia paipu kwa siku saba mfululilizo ili kutoa fursa kwa tishu hizo kupona.
      The man had to be fed through a tube for seven days in a row to give the tissue a chance to heal.

References

  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎, volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 39 of 33-41
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