"Samburu" meaning in English

See Samburu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|mas|-}} Maasai, {{m|mas|saamburr}} saamburr Head templates: {{en-prop}} Samburu
  1. Their Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Samburu-en-name-5tHoAIoJ Disambiguation of Languages: 68 32

Noun

Forms: Samburu [plural], Samburus [plural]
Etymology: From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|mas|-}} Maasai, {{m|mas|saamburr}} saamburr Head templates: {{en-noun|Samburu|s}} Samburu (plural Samburu or Samburus)
  1. A member of an ethnic group of semi-nomadic pastoralists of north central Kenya, related to but distinct from the Maasai.
    Sense id: en-Samburu-en-noun-MPvwoWfW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 72

Inflected forms

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