kifaru

Swahili

kifaru

Etymology

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Noun

kifaru (ki-vi class, plural vifaru)

1. rhinoceros

   kifaru mmojawapo ― one of the rhinoceroses

2. (military) tank

   kifaru kimojawapo ― one of the tanks

References

• Kishe, Anne J. (1994) “The Englishization of Tanzanian Kiswahili”, in World Englishes‎^[1], volume 13, number 2, pages 185–201