kitanda

Kimbundu

Etymology

Cognate with Umbundu ocitanda (“market”).

Noun

kitanda class 3 (plural itanda)

1. market, fair

Descendants

• → Portuguese: quitanda

References

• Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “Kitanda”, in Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico [Kimbundu–Portuguese Dictionary: Linguistic, Botanic, Historical and Chorographic] (in Portuguese), Luanda: Argente, Santos & C.^a, L.^da, page 145

Portuguese

Noun

kitanda f (plural kitandas)

1. alternative spelling of quitanda

Further reading

• “kitanda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swahili

kitanda

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /kiˈtɑ.ⁿdɑ/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /kiˈtʰɑ.ⁿdɑ/

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Noun

kitanda class VII (plural vitanda class VIII)

1. bed (a piece of furniture to sleep on)