English
kikoi
Kikoi comes from Swahili kikoi ‘a type of loincloth, usually with a colored…’.
- Swahilimodernkikoi‘a type of loincloth, usually with a colored fringe, worn on various parts of the body’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Swahilimodernkikoi‘a type of loincloth, usually with a colored fringe, worn on various parts of the body’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Swahili kikoi
Today it means
noun A piece of colored cloth used as clothing in Africa, wrapped around the waist and legs or shoulders.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swahili kikoi / kikoi