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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَاعُون (ṭāʕūn).[1]
Noun
tauni (n class, plural tauni)
- bubonic plague
- Synonym: kipukusa
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 191 Nr. 1704