tambiko

Swahili

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Shambala tambiko (“sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

tambiko (ma class, plural matambiko)

taboo
ritual

References

Swahili vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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