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==Swahili==
==Swahili==
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[[Image:Boelge stor.jpg|thumb|wimbi]]

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


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


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


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====Noun====
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# {{vern|bulrush millet}}, {{taxfmt|Eleusine coracana|species}}.

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


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


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

====Noun====
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{{sw-noun|u|-}}

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# {{vern|bulrush millet}}, {{taxfmt|Eleusine coracana|species}}.

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{{C|sw|Water|Grains}}

Revision as of 02:10, 27 October 2024

English

Etymology

From Swahili wimbi.

Noun

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

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

wimbi

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Noun

wimbi (ma class, plural mawimbi)

  1. wave (a formation of water)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

wimbi (u class, no plural)

  1. bulrush millet, Eleusine coracana.
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