Where does “kimau” come from?

kimau (Swahili) comes from Portuguese quimão, from Japanese 着物, from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

kimau (Swahili): a type of tunic with short sleeves

Definitions

  1. a type of tunic with short sleeves

Ancestry of “kimau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesequimão—
2Japanese着物a kimono
3Japanese物thing; story, genre
4Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
5Japanese物言うto talk
Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →