bastola
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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pistola.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bastola (n class, plural bastola)
Hypernyms
References
- ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “In addition, the Swahili adopted Portuguese words relating to flora as they indigenized new plants that the Portuguese brought with them. […] pistol (pistol) became bastola in Swahili (nowadays pisto);”