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andika.

to write

6 characters3 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to write

  2. to draw

Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Proposed to be from -andaa (“to ready, set, prepare”). (Compare with -andalika (“to be prepared”), the regular stative form thereof.) However, the dialectal forms (Northern -and̪ika, Vumba -anjika) and the Ngazidja Comorian cognate -andziha all suggest a proto-form *-anjika instead.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.