ngamia

An old borrowing, ultimately from Arabic جَمَل‎ (jamal). Compare Yao ngamila, Chichewa ngamira.

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ngamia (n class, plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

1. camel

   Synonym: (poetic) jamali

2. (derogatory) idiot

   Synonym: ng'ombe

• → Iraqw: angamia (“camel”)
• → Tooro: engamiya (“camel; horse”), engamira (“camel”)

• (Camelids) Camelidae: ngamia na jamaa; Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) or jamali, lama (“llama”), - (“guanaco”), alpaka (“alpaca”), - (“vicuña”) ^{(Category: sw:Camelids) [edit]}