hotuba

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Swahili[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic خُطْبَة (ḵuṭba).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Standard Swahili) IPA(key): /ˈho.tu.ba/, /hoˈtu.ba/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

hotuba (n class, plural hotuba)

  1. speech
  2. sermon
    Synonym: mahubiri

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schadeberg, T. (2009). Swahili vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.