Where does “umukate” come from?

umukate (Rwanda-Rundi) comes from Swahili mkate, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

umukate (Rwanda-Rundi): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “umukate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimkatebread; loaf
2Swahilim-The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The...
3Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
4Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert
Every word from Arabic سَاحِلEvery word from Swahili m-Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل
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