dafu

See also: dáfù, dàfū, dàfú, and dàfù

Swahili
Madafu mtini.

Etymology

An old borrowing from an Indo-Aryan language; compare Hindi डाब (ḍāb) and Bengali ডাব (ḍbo).

Pronunciation
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Noun

dafu (ma class, plural madafu)

  1. young coconut, a coconut with water in it

Descendants
  • → Malagasy: dafo

See also
  • nazi (“mature coconut”)
  • mbata (“old coconut”)
  • mnazi (“coconut palm”)
  • koroma (“ripening coconut”)
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