Samburu

English

Etymology

From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use.

Noun

Samburu (plural Samburu or Samburus)

A member of an ethnic group of semi-nomadic pastoralists of north central Kenya, related to but distinct from the Maasai.

Proper noun

Samburu

Their Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language.

Further reading

ISO 639-3 code saq (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Samburu, saq

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