nyundo

Chichewa

Etymology

A widely diffused word ultimately from Swahili nyundo; Klein-Arendt mentions a possible native root in Chichewa that is dismissed on historical grounds.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɲu.ⁿdo/

Noun

nyundo class 9 (plural nyundo class 10)

  1. hammer

Shona

Etymology

A widely diffused word ultimately from Swahili nyundo.

Noun

nyundo class 9 (plural nyundo class 10)

  1. hammer

Swahili
nyundo

Etymology

From -unda (“construct”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

nyundo (n class, plural nyundo)

  1. hammer (tool)

References
  • Klein-Arendt, Reinhard (2000), “The Iron Crafts of the Swahili from the Perspective of Historical Semantics”, in Swahili Forum‎, volume 7, pages 153–204
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