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‖ duka|ˈduːkə|
[Swahili, = shop, store, business.]
In Kenya, a shop, store. Also attrib.
1924Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 12/2 He revels in exploring the duka's stock of caps, hats, shirts, cotton vests, and drill trousers. 1942E. African Ann. 1941–2 88/2 Stock..can usually be depended upon to give fair..returns on the capital which it represents, and which is always bringing in something with which to pay the wages and the duka bill. 1963Listener 21 Mar. 485/1 They [sc. the Asians] have played a vital part in Kenya's development, pushing retail trade out into the tribal areas through their little shops, their dukas. 1966D. Bennett Stranger in Grave xviii. 148 Simbega Town was comprised of an Indian ‘duka’, an administrative building..and an African market. |