![]() Kijiji – from Swahili for "village", "hamlet" or "small town".kwashiorkor – from Ga language, coastal Ghana, meaning "swollen stomach".Kwanzaa – a recent coinage ( Maulana Karenga 1965) for the name of an African American holiday, abstracted from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning " first fruits ".jumbo – from Swahili ( jambo "hello" or from Kongo nzamba "elephant").juke, jukebox – possibly from Wolof and Bambara dzug through Gullah.jenga – from the Swahili verb kujenga meaning "to build".jazz – possibly from Central African languages ( Kongo) From the word jizzi”.indaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – "stories" or "news" typically conflated with "meeting" (often used in South African English).impi – from Zulu language meaning "war, battle or a regiment". ![]()
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