kaveeran.

Brit.

/kəˈvɛːrə/, U.S.

/kəˈvɛrə/, East African English

/kaˈvera/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, kaveeras.

Forms: 1900s– kaveera, 1900s– kavera.

Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda (a)kaveera.

Etymology: < Luganda (a)kaveera < (a)ka- , singular class prefix + -veera (single-use) plastic bag (plural (o)buveera buveera n.). Compare buveera n. (which is also used as a plural of kaveera n. in English).

Ugandan English.

With singular agreement. As a mass noun: plastic bags, plastic packaging; (as a count noun) a plastic bag, a piece of plastic. Cf. buveera n.

ΚΠ

1994 State of Environment Rep. Uganda v. 158 Uganda recently banned the importation and manufacture of non-biodegradable polythene paper (‘kaveera’).

1998 Africa News: New Vision (Kampala) (Nexis) 1 Aug. Municipal Council will soon begin buying used polythene bags—kaveera—for proper disposal.

2014 G. Namukasa in E. W. Allfrey Africa39 227 As she passes by me to enter the house, she hands me a black kaveera containing clothes.

2020 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 7 Oct. You have no reason to carry a kaveera or a single use plastic bottle to church... Carry your water bottle and keep refilling it.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	kaveera
释义	kaveeran. Brit. /kəˈvɛːrə/, U.S. /kəˈvɛrə/, East African English /kaˈvera/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, kaveeras. Forms: 1900s– kaveera, 1900s– kavera. Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda (a)kaveera. Etymology: < Luganda (a)kaveera < (a)ka- , singular class prefix + -veera (single-use) plastic bag (plural (o)buveera buveera n.). Compare buveera n. (which is also used as a plural of kaveera n. in English). Ugandan English. With singular agreement. As a mass noun: plastic bags, plastic packaging; (as a count noun) a plastic bag, a piece of plastic. Cf. buveera n. ΚΠ 1994 State of Environment Rep. Uganda v. 158 Uganda recently banned the importation and manufacture of non-biodegradable polythene paper (‘kaveera’). 1998 Africa News: New Vision (Kampala) (Nexis) 1 Aug. Municipal Council will soon begin buying used polythene bags—kaveera—for proper disposal. 2014 G. Namukasa in E. W. Allfrey Africa39 227 As she passes by me to enter the house, she hands me a black kaveera containing clothes. 2020 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 7 Oct. You have no reason to carry a kaveera or a single use plastic bottle to church... Carry your water bottle and keep refilling it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1994
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