Punicism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A borrowing from Punic.

    "A difficulty in analyzing the material is that not all accepted punicisms in Sardinia have a clear Semitic etymology. In fact, Argiolas has suggested some to be of Berber origin."

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"A difficulty in analyzing the material is that not all accepted punicisms in Sardinia have a clear Semitic etymology. In fact, Argiolas has suggested some to be of Berber origin."

Etymology

From Punic + -ism.

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