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jeneza

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Swahili

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Noun

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    jeneza class V (plural majeneza class VI)

    1. bier (litter to carry a corpse)
    2. coffin
      Synonym: sanduku la maiti

    References

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    1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), 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 64 Nr. 534
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