kondoo
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See also: Kondoo
Swahili[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from a Central Sudanic language, in which it originally meant "goat". Borrowed independently into many other languages, e.g. Kikuyu ng'ondu, Malagasy ondry.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
kondoo (n class, plural kondoo)
- sheep (animal)
Derived terms[edit]
- mwanakondoo (“lamb”)
References[edit]
- Ehret, Christopher (1968) “Sheep and Central Sudanic Peoples in Southern Africa”, in The Journal of African History, volume 9, number 2, pages 213–221