Words that come from Swahili “umba”

31 words across 10 languages descend from Swahili umba — including Jumbo, superjumbo, Jumbomania, jumboize, jumbrella, 珍寶, 珍寶客機, kiumbe.

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English (9)

Swahili (7)

Finnish (4)

Chinese (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Spanish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Swedish (1)

Japanese (1)