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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|sw|wimbi}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{vern|bulrush millet}}, {{taxfmt|Eleusine coracana|species}}.
#* {{quote-book|en|date=1902-01-01|author=Harry Hamilton Johnston|title=The Uganda protectorate|publisher=Dalcassian Publishing Company|page=792|text=A little '''wimbi''' flour and a bit of medicine are put into the water.}}

==Swahili==
==Swahili==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-wimbi.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Etymology 1===
[[Image:Boelge stor.jpg|thumb|wimbi]]
[[Image:Boelge stor.jpg|thumb|wimbi]]
{{wikipedia|lang=sw}}
From {{inh|sw|bnt-pro}}. <!-- BLR 204 -->

====Noun====
{{sw-noun|ma|mawimbi}}

# [[wave]] {{gloss|a formation of water}}


===Verb===
===Etymology 2===
Likely cognate with {{cog|ki|mũgĩmbĩ|t=finger millet}}, and possibly further afield with {{cog|dv|ބިންބި⁩|t=finger millet}}.
{{head|sw|verb}}


====Noun====
# [[wave]] (move back and forth repeatedly)
{{sw-noun|u|-}}


# {{vern|bulrush millet}}, {{taxfmt|Eleusine coracana|species}}.
{{tbot entry|Swahili|wave|2009|July|sw}}


{{C|sw|Water|Grains}}
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[[mg:wimbi]]

Latest revision as of 02:11, 27 October 2024

English

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Etymology

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From Swahili wimbi.

Noun

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wimbi (uncountable)

  1. bulrush millet, Eleusine coracana.
    • 1902 January 1, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Uganda protectorate, Dalcassian Publishing Company, page 792:
      A little wimbi flour and a bit of medicine are put into the water.

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

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wimbi
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Noun

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wimbi (ma class, plural mawimbi)

  1. wave (a formation of water)

Etymology 2

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Likely cognate with Kikuyu mũgĩmbĩ (“finger millet”), and possibly further afield with Dhivehi ބިންބި (bin̊bi⁩, “finger millet”).

Noun

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wimbi (u class, no plural)

  1. bulrush millet, Eleusine coracana.
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