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samburu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
sam-bu-ru
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an ethnic group of semi-nomadic pastoralists of north central Kenya, related to but distinct from the Maasai.

name

Their Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language.

Etymology

From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use.

Inflected Forms

Samburus (plural)

Questions

What does samburu mean?
A member of an ethnic group of semi-nomadic pastoralists of north central Kenya, related to but distinct from the Maasai.
Where does samburu come from?
From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use.

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