Samburu

Meanings

Noun

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

Proper Noun

Their Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language.

Origin

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

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