gereza

See also: gerezą

Polish
gereza

Etymology

Borrowed from Somali.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛˈrɛ.za/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛza
  • Syllabification: ge‧re‧za

Noun

gereza f

  1. guereza (any monkey of the genus Colobus)

Declension
Declension of gereza
singular plural
nominative gereza gerezy
genitive gerezy gerez
dative gerezie gerezom
accusative gerezę gerezy
instrumental gerezą gerezami
locative gerezie gerezach
vocative gerezo gerezy

Derived terms
nouns

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “gereza”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading
  • gereza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • gereza in PWN's encyclopedia

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese igreja (“church”),[1] from Latin ecclēsia.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

gereza (ma class, plural magereza)

  1. prison, jail
    Synonym: jela

References
  1. 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 […] The word gereza, meaning “prison” in Swahili, comes from igreja, the Portuguese word for “church.” Perhaps this creative semantic comment reveals the attitudes of Muslim Swahili, who reacted with hostility to Portuguese Christian pressures and wryly observed that the Portuguese built churches in their many fortresses, including Fort Jesus in Mombasa, to shelter their houses of worship from contamination by Islam.
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