bawaba
Swahili
Etymology
bawabu (“porter”) + -a or from dialectal Arabic بَوَّابَة (bawwāba, “gate”).
Noun
bawaba (n class, plural bawaba)
- hinge
References
- Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) 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 43 Nr. 333