mifua

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps an early Cushitic borrowing; compare Somali gub- (“burn”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

mifua (m-mi class, plural only)

  1. bellows
    Synonym: mvukuto

References[edit]

  • Klein-Arendt, Reinhard (2000) “The Iron Crafts of the Swahili from the Perspective of Historical Semantics”, in Swahili Forum‎[1], volume 7, pages 153–204
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