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Boma

2 stages from Swahili to English.

Today it means a fenced enclosure, especially for livestock, or a fortified settlement in East Africa
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Stage 1 of 2
boma
Swahili · 1800s
"an enclosure, a fort"
an enclosure for livestock or a fortified settlement
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Stage 2 of 2
boma
English · 1900s
"a fenced enclosure, especially for livestock"
adopted directly by English speakers in colonial East Africa
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