English
gerenuk
Gerenuk comes from Somali garanuug.
- Somalimoderngaranuug
- Englishearliest quotation 1982gerenuk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Somalimoderngaranuug
- Englishearliest quotation 1982gerenuk
Earliest quotation: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music: “Unaccountably, he finds himself thinking of gerenuks and gazelles.”
Every English word from Somali garanuug
Today it means
noun A type of long-necked gazelle, Litocranius walleri, native to central and eastern Africa.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Somali garanuug / gerenuk